[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quantitative \quan"titative\, a. cf. f. quantitatif.
   relating to quantity. -- quan"titatively, adv.
   1913 webster

   quantitative analysis chem., analysis which determines
      the amount or quantity of each ingredient of a substance,
      by weight or by volume; -- contrasted with qualitative
      analysis.
      1913 webster
see also:
quan"titatively quantitative analysis qualitative analysis 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

analysis \anal"ysis\, n.; pl. analyses. gr. ?, fr. ? to
   unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; ? up + ?
   to loose. see loose.
   1. a resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses
      or of the intellect, into its constituent or original
      elements; an examination of the component parts of a
      subject, each separately, as the words which compose a
      sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions
      which enter into an argument. it is opposed to
      synthesis.
      1913 webster

   2. chem. the separation of a compound substance, by
      chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to
      ascertain either a what elements it contains, or b how
      much of each element is present. the former is called
      qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.
      1913 webster

   3. logic the tracing of things to their source, and the
      resolving of knowledge into its original principles.
      1913 webster

   4. math. the resolving of problems by reducing the
      conditions that are in them to equations.
      1913 webster

   5.
      a a syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a
          discourse, disposed in their natural order.
      b a brief, methodical illustration of the principles of
          a science. in this sense it is nearly synonymous with
          synopsis.
          1913 webster

   6. nat. hist. the process of ascertaining the name of a
      species, or its place in a system of classification, by
      means of an analytical table or key.
      1913 webster

   ultimate, proximate, qualitative, quantitative, and
   volumetric analysis. chem. see under ultimate,
      proximate, qualitative, etc.
      1913 webster
see also:
analyses loose synthesis qualitative quantitative analysis ultimate 
proximate qualitative quantitative volumetric analysis 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

quantitative analysis
     n : chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element
         in the substance syn: quantitative chemical analysis
see also:
quantitative chemical analysis 

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