1. (

• quantitative

) 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. (

• quantitative

) relating to the measurement of quantity; "quantitative studies" ;

3. (

• quantitative ,

) (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" ;