Word Study
qualitative
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective qualitative has 2 senses
- qualitative(a = adj.all) Array - involving distinctions based on qualities; "qualitative change"; "qualitative data"; "qualitative analysis determines the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture" Antonym: quantitative
- qualitative(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
qualitative, a. [Cf. LL. gualitativus, F. qualitatif.].
Relating to quality; having the character of quality. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
qualitative, adj. concerned with or depending on quality (led to a qualitative change in society).
Idiom
qualitative analysis Chem. detection of the constituents, as elements, functional groups, etc., present in a substance (opp. quantitative analysis).
Derivative
qualitatively adv.
Etymology
LL qualitativus (as QUALITY)
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