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quantitative

Today it means: Of a measurements and data types: based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality. Full definition →

Late Latin quantitātīvus

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Late Latin · derived fromquantitātīvus
English todayquantitative

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

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