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单词 quantitive
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quantitiveadj.

Brit. /ˈkwɒntᵻtɪv/, U.S. /ˈkwɑn(t)ədɪv/
Forms: 1600s quantitiue, 1600s– quantitive.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps also partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: quantity n., -ive suffix; quantitative adj.
Etymology: Irregularly < quantity n. + -ive suffix. Compare post-classical Latin quantitivus quantitative (1267 in a British source). In some cases perhaps a misspelling of, or typographical error for, quantitative adj. Compare qualitive adj.
= quantitative adj. (in various senses).
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the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > measurable
estimablec1460
measurable1565
dimensive1570
mensurablea1600
quantitive1626
commensurable1654
dimensurable1660
metesome1674
gaugeable1768
quantifiable1868
evaluable1880
dimensionable1884
the world > relative properties > quantity > [adjective] > having or considered with respect to quantity
quantified?1591
quantitative1610
quantitive1626
quantative1644
1626 J. Fisher Answer Nine Points Controv. (new ed.) iii. vi. 266 To occupy a place..is but an effect consequent, & flowing from the nature of a quantitiue substance; as to weigh, to be seene, [etc.].
1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. (new ed.) v. 11 Neither equall, nor certain, nor quantitive, nor qualitative.
1700 E. Howard Remarks New Philos. Des-Cartes iv. 287 Aristotle..could not believe, that its Matter was actually Infinite; because whatsoever is material must be quantitive, and therefore Mathematically computable.
1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Quantitive, estimable according to quantity.
1827 G. S. Faber Origin Expiat. Sacrifice 148 By what intelligible process can we estimate the quantitive proportions of two dissimilar oblations?
1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 48 The one is called qualitive,..The other is quantitive.
1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1553 He can make no other distinction between them..than a quantitive one.
1958 T. G. E. Powell Celts 182 It cannot be argued here whether it was prestige, or quantitive representation, that won for it eventually an exclusive position.
1959 Times 9 Sept. 16/7 The Four No Trump bid is regarded more often than not as quantitive.
2003 Compar. Educ. 39 276 A rigorous blending of quantitive and qualitative methodologies in well-justified comparisons.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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