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Relating to quantity. -- Quan"ti*ta*tive*ly, adv. 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.

(b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.

The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance.

sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations.

, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory; mechanical deposits.

of a substance without any regard to the quantity of each ingredient; -- contrasted with quantitative analysis.

Estimable according to quantity; quantitative. Sir K. Digby.

So as to be measurable by quantity; quantitatively.

element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis;-hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.

pertaining to the measurement of volume. Volumetric analysis (Chem.), that system of the quantitative analysis of solutions which employs definite volumes of standardized solutions of reagents, as measured by burettes, pipettes, etc.; also, the analysis of gases by volume, as by the eudiometer.