quantitative

adjective quan·ti·ta·tive \ ˈkwän-tə-ˌtā-tiv \

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Definition of quantitative

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

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Scientists are gathering quantitative information about human intelligence.

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Another signal, says Ed Keon of QMA, a quantitative equity manager, is a widening spread in corporate-bond yields over Treasuries.

— The Economist, "Even stockmarket bulls are more cautious than at the start of the year," 12 July 2018
Animation by Goddard Space Flight Center/Cosmos Studios/NASA While the inverse cascade effect has been known for decades, a mathematical, quantitative prediction of what that final, stable flow looks like has eluded theorists.

— joshua sokol, WIRED, "Flattened Fluids Help Scientists Understand Oceans and Atmospheres," 7 July 2018
In their view, near-zero interest rates and quantitative easing, or QE, pushed investors out of government bonds and into risky assets.

— The Economist, "Even stockmarket bulls are more cautious than at the start of the year," 12 July 2018
Maybe not commensurate like quantitative, but there will be ...

— recode staff, Recode, "Full transcript: Box CEO Aaron Levie on Recode Decode," 11 July 2018
The stimulus was essentially a form of money printing known as quantitative easing that helped prevent the eurozone from collapsing under the strain of a debt crisis.

— jack ewing, BostonGlobe.com, "Era of easy money for eurozone nears its end," 14 June 2018
Women represent less than two percent of Nobel Prize winners in the three most quantitative Nobel fields: chemistry, economics, and physics.

— brian keating, WIRED, "There's Nothing Noble about Science’s Nobel Prize Gender Gap," 27 May 2018
The groom’s mother retired as the general counsel from Renaissance Technologies, a quantitative investment adviser in Manhattan.

— New York Times, "Sarah Humphreville, Andrew Porter," 24 June 2018
The safest characterization of recent quantitative attempts to answer the question, Do digital tools enhance democracy?

— dylan matthews, Vox, "The internet was supposed to save democracy. I asked 4 tech optimists what went wrong.," 8 June 2018

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Origin and Etymology of quantitative

Medieval Latin quantitativus, from Latin quantitat-, quantitas quantity

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: of or relating to how much there is of something : of or relating to the quantity or amount of something

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adjective quan·ti·ta·tive \ ˈkwän(t)-ə-ˌtāt-iv \

medical Definition of quantitative

1 : of, relating to, or expressible in terms of quantity

2 : of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity or amount

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