quantitative

英 ['kwɒntɪ,tətɪv; -,teɪtɪv] 美['kwɑntətetɪv]

• adj. 定量的；量的，数量的

1. expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement;

"export wheat without quantitative limitations"

"quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture"

2. relating to the measurement of quantity;

"quantitative studies"

3. (of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables;

"in typical Greek and Latin verse of the classical period the rhymic system is based on some arrangement of long and short elements"