- Expressed or expressible as a quantity.
- Of, relating to, or susceptible of measurement.
- Of or relating to number or quantity.
- Of or relating to a metrical system based on the duration of syllables rather than on stress. Used especially of classical Greek and Latin verse.
[Medieval Latin quantitātīvus, from Latin quantitās, quantitāt-, quantity, from quantus, how great. See quantity.]
quantitatively quan'ti·ta'tive·ly adv.quantitativeness quan'ti·ta'tive·ness n.





