quantitative: Meaning and Definition of

quan•ti•ta•tive

1. that is or may be estimated by quantity.
2. of or pertaining to the describing or measuring of quantity.
3. of or pertaining to a metrical system, as that of classical verse, based on the alternation of long and short, rather than accented and unaccented, syllables.
4. of or pertaining to the length of a spoken vowel or consonant.