quantitative

adj

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

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

   “Near-synonyms: nonqualitative, unqualitative”

   “quantitative data”

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

   “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. Of a form of analysis, that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample.

   “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.”