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語源

From Late Latin quantitātīvus. By surface analysis, quantity +‎ -ative.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv/, IPA: /ˈkwɒntətɪv/ (proscribed)
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkwɑn.təˌteɪ.tɪv/, [ˈkwɑn.təˌteɪ.ɾɪv], /ˈkwɑn.əˌteɪ.tɪv/, [ˈkwɑn.əˌteɪ.ɾɪv]
• (米国発音) enPR: kwänʹtĭ-tā-tĭv, IPA: /ˈkwɑn.tɪˌteɪ.tɪv/

形容詞

quantitative (comparative more quantitative, superlative most quantitative)

1. Of a measurements and data types: based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.

   Antonyms: nonquantitative, unquantitative

   Coordinate term: qualitative

   Near-synonyms: nonqualitative, unqualitative

   quantitative data

   A yes-no data field is qualitative, whereas a number-value data field is quantitative.

2. Of logical analysis: based on quantification as well as qualification, rather than solely the latter: thus, not ignorant of magnitudes (large or small).

   Antonyms: nonquantitative, unquantitative

   Coordinate term: qualitative

   quantitative analysis

   It's easy to say, qualitatively, that an undesirable thing should be banned and punishable; but the law must often also be quantitative if it is to be fair, which may sometimes mean that some small number of parts per trillion is an acceptable amount.

3. (chemistry) Of a form of analysis, that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample.

   Antonyms: nonquantitative, unquantitative

   Coordinate term: qualitative

   quantitative analysis

   The lab tests that are currently commercially available for this pollutant can tell us a yes-no answer as to whether it was detected, but they cannot provide a quantitative result; a new generation of quantitative assays is under development.

派生語

関連する語

• quant
• quantity
• quantitate

参考

• qualitative
• quantitate

形容詞

quantitātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of quantitātīvus

参照

• "quantitative", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)