单词 | quantative |
释义 | quantativeadj. rare before 19th cent. = quantitative adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > [adjective] > having or considered with respect to quantity quantified?1591 quantitative1610 quantitive1626 quantative1644 the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > having physical dimensions quantitativea1513 dimensioned1533 quantitied1606 quantative1644 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. iii. 24 In compounding and diuiding of bodies according to quantatiue [1658 quantitative; 1665 quantitive] partes. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 29 Motion cannot be received but by quantative dimension. 1851 A. Napier tr. A. Neander Epist. Philippians & Gen. Epist. James 99 Those who..made a quantative distinction estimated according to an outward measure. 1859 T. Parker Let. Santa Cruz in J. Weiss Life & Corr. T. Parker (1864) II. 503 The huckster..is a small merchant; the merchant..is a great huckster; both buy to sell, and sell to gain; the odds is quantative, not in kind, but in bulk. 1933 B. Gadelius Human Mentality xiv. 444 This quantative change in the activity of the hormonopoietic organs can easily be supposed to pass into a para-(dys-)function. 1992 Credit Managem. (BNC) Jan. 35/1 We are all familiar with quantative overload (too much to do in too little time). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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