different between quantitative vs quantized

English

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /?kw?nt?t?t?v/, IPA^(key): /?kw?nt?t?v/ (proscribed)
• (US): enPR: kwän?t?-t?-t?v, IPA^(key): /?kw?nt??te?t?v/

Adjective

quantitative (comparative more quantitative, superlative most quantitative)

1. Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality
2. (chemistry) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample

Derived terms

Related terms

• quantity
• quantitate

Translations

See also

• qualitative
• quantitate

French

Adjective

quantitative

1. feminine singular of quantitatif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

quantitative

1. inflection of quantitativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

quantitative

1. feminine plural of quantitativo

Latin

Adjective

quantit?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of quantit?t?vus

References

• quantitative in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Etymology

From quantize +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kw?nt??zd/

Verb

quantized

1. simple past tense and past participle of quantize

Adjective

quantized (comparative more quantized, superlative most quantized)

1. (physics) Expressed or existing only in terms of discrete quanta; limited by the restrictions of quantization. [from 20th c.]
   • 2011, Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum Universe, Allen Lane 2011, p. 96:

     This is very clear for the standing waves on a guitar string: the fundamental has a wavelength of twice the length of the string, and the next longest allowed wavelength is equal to the length of the string. There is no standing wave with a wavelength between these two and so we can say that the allowed wavelengths on a guitar string are quantized.