quan´ti|ta´tive|ness

quan´ti|ta´tive|ness
quan|ti|ta|tive «KWON tuh TAY tihv», adjective.
1. concerned with quantity or quantities: »

a quantitative change, quantitative superiority. Quantitative research during the first half of the present century on the numerical fluctuations of wild animal populations led to the flowering of the science of animal ecology and formed a solid foundation for a theory of animal populations (Science News Letter).

2. that can be measured.
3. (of verse) having feet consisting of long and short, rather than stressed and unstressed, syllables: »

Perhaps the best quantitative verses in our language…are to be found in Mother Goose (James Russell Lowell).

4. of or having to do with the quantity or duration of a speech sound.
╂[< Medieval Latin quantitativus < Latin quantitās, -ātis quantity]
–quan´ti|ta´tive|ly, adverb.
–quan´ti|ta´tive|ness, noun.

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  • quan´ti|ta´tive|ly — quan|ti|ta|tive «KWON tuh TAY tihv», adjective. 1. concerned with quantity or quantities: »a quantitative change, quantitative superiority. Quantitative research during the first half of the present century on the numerical fluctuations of wild… …   Useful english dictionary

  • quan|ti|ta|tive — «KWON tuh TAY tihv», adjective. 1. concerned with quantity or quantities: »a quantitative change, quantitative superiority. Quantitative research during the first half of the present century on the numerical fluctuations of wild animal… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… …   English syllables

  • tive — ab·duc·tive; ab·duc·tive·ly; ab·er·ra·tive; ab·re·ac·tive; ab·sorp·tive; ab·strac·tive; ac·cel·er·a·tive; ac·com·mo·da·tive; ac·cre·tive; ac·cul·tur·a·tive; ac·cu·mu·la·tive; ac·quis·i·tive; ac·quis·i·tive·ness; adapt·a·tive; ad·duc·tive;… …   English syllables

  • quan — chau·tau·quan; pi·quan·cy; quan·da·ry; quan·dong; quan·dy; quan·tal; quan·ti·fi·abil·i·ty; quan·ti·fi·able; quan·ti·fi·ably; quan·ti·fi·ca·tion; quan·ti·fy; quan·tim·e·ter; quan·ti·tate; quan·ti·ta·tion; quan·ti·ta·tive; quan·ti·tive;… …   English syllables

  • quantitativeness — quan·ti·ta·tive·ness …   English syllables

  • ta — ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·sen·ta·tion; abu·ta; ac·cep·ta·tion; ac·cli·ma·ta·tion; ac·cred·i·ta·tion; ac·er·a·ta; ac·e·ta·tion; ac·e·ta·to ; ach·e·ta; achor·da·ta; acoe·lo·ma·ta; acra·ni·a·ta; ac·ro·tre·ta; ac·ta; ac·ti·no·my·ce·ta·ce·ae;… …   English syllables

  • ca — ab·a·ca; aba·ca·te; aba·ca·xi; ab·di·ca·ble; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·di·ca·tor; ab·ra·ca·dab·ra; ac·ca; ac·ciac·ca·tu·ra; ace·ti·fi·ca·tion; acid·i·fi·ca·tion; ac·ro·tho·rac·i·ca; ac·ti·fi·ca·tion; ad·ju·di·ca·taire; ad·ju·di·ca·tio; ad·ju·di·ca·tion;… …   English syllables

  • -dac·ty·lous; — ab·i·e·tate; ab·i·e·tene; abio·gen·e·sis; abi·og·e·nist; abra·si·om·e·ter; ab·sorp·ti·om·e·ter; aca·cat·e·chin; ac·ac·e·tin; acad·e·mist; acad·e·my; ac·cel·er·om·e·ter; ac·e·tab·u·lar; ac·e·tab·u·lar·ia; ac·e·tab·u·late; ac·e·tab·u·lif·era;… …   English syllables

  • -dac·ty·ly; — ab·i·e·tate; ab·i·e·tene; abio·gen·e·sis; abi·og·e·nist; abra·si·om·e·ter; ab·sorp·ti·om·e·ter; aca·cat·e·chin; ac·ac·e·tin; acad·e·mist; acad·e·my; ac·cel·er·om·e·ter; ac·e·tab·u·lar; ac·e·tab·u·lar·ia; ac·e·tab·u·late; ac·e·tab·u·lif·era;… …   English syllables

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