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qualitative

/ˈkwɑ.ləˌteɪ.tɪv/

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What does qualitative mean?

adjective

  1. Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity.
  2. Of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound.
  3. high-quality
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noun

  1. Something qualitative.

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/ˈkwɑ.ləˌteɪ.tɪv/

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I am leaving chemistry--having completed the course in qualitative analysis--and am entering upon the study of biology.
Jean WebsterDaddy-Long-LegsProject Gutenberg ebook #157
Imagine these as in a Pythagorean dream, stripped of qualitative difference and reduced to mathematical abstractions.
PlatoTimaeusTranslated by Benjamin JowettProject Gutenberg ebook #1572
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Greek and medieval knowledge accepted the world in its qualitative variety, and regarded nature's processes as having ends, or in technical phrase as teleological.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
They are coming to see that a QUALITATIVE factor as opposed to a QUANTITATIVE one is of primary importance in dealing with the great masses of humanity.
Margaret SangerThe Pivot of CivilizationProject Gutenberg ebook #1689