QUANTITATIVE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adjective

expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement

Example: export wheat without quantitative limitations; quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Adjective

relating to the measurement of quantity

Example: quantitative studies

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Adjective

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

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

Synonyms

Quantitative

Antonyms

Syllabic, Qualitative