quantitative

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quan·ti·ta·tive | \ ˈkwän-tə-ˌtā-tiv

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.

Recent Examples on the Web Moreover, quantitative easing has actually been very harmful to banks because its purpose is to lower long-term interest rates, and banks make money on the spread between short-term and long-term rates. — Arvin Bahl, National Review, 12 Sep. 2021 At that time, the Fed triggered a panic by merely mentioning its plans to eventually scale back its Treasury bond purchases — a policy known as quantitative easing, or QE, which is just a nerdy way to say pumping cash into the economy. — Allison Morrow, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021 As low interest rates and quantitative easing keep money flooding the market, the world is currently awash with capital chasing yield. — Victoria Rochard, Forbes, 4 July 2021 To gain more understanding about self-care, Soap & Glory conducted a quantitative survey of 1,044 females ranging the ages of 18 – 44 years old in the US from July 26 to 28. — Blake Newby, Essence, 1 Sep. 2021 The most common strategy used by crypto hedge funds is quantitative at 37%, followed by discretionary long/ short at 38%, discretionary long-only at 20% and multi-strategy at 11%. — Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021 Other regions might have evolved to represent more complex combinations of visual features, or combinations of acoustic or quantitative information. — Quanta Magazine, 24 Aug. 2021 Science mandates quantitative measurements by instruments, removing the subjective impressions of humans from the balance scale of reliability. — Avi Loeb, Scientific American, 26 July 2021 Will this quantitative tightening mean Treasury yields go up or down? — James Mackintosh, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2021

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