quantitative
adjective
quan·ti·ta·tive
ˈkwän-tə-ˌtā-tiv 
1
: of, relating to, or expressible in terms of quantity
2
: of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity or amount
3
: based on quantity
specifically, of classical verse
: based on temporal quantity or duration of sounds
quantitatively
adverb
quantitativeness
noun
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Scientists are gathering quantitative information about human intelligence.
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Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
In the 1950s, marketing also began to use techniques traditionally used by motivation researchers including depth interviews, group interviews, projective techniques, thematic apperception tests, and other mixed qualitative and/or quantitative research methods approaches.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
The 39-year-old entrepreneur started the firm, Abundance, last year with a small crew of quantitative researchers, engineers and AI experts who build and sustain AI models.
—Hema Parmar, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026
In 1648, Paracelsus’s Flemish protégé Jan Baptist van Helmont conducted the first quantitative study in plant science.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
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quantitative
adjective
quan·ti·ta·tive
ˈkwän(t)-ə-ˌtāt-iv
: of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity
quantitatively
adverb
quantitativeness
noun
Medical Definition
quantitative
adjective
quan·ti·ta·tive
ˈkwän(t)-ə-ˌtāt-iv
1
: of, relating to, or expressible in terms of quantity
2
: of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity or amount
quantitatively
adverb
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