In order to express earthquake effects in a quantitative way, intensity scales were introduced as early as the 1870's . 为了以定量方式表达地震的各种效应,早在十九世纪七十年代就采用了烈度表。
The new engineering concept known as damage tolerance has been developed to provide quantitative guidance for this purpose . 一个新的工程概念即损伤容限正发展起来,为这个目的提供了定量的指导。
Even so since quantitative data were scanty and the photon so radical an idea it remained unaccepted by many . 虽然如此,由于定量的数据还不足,而光子又是这样激进的一个概念,很多人仍然不愿接受它。
A more difficult problem is the quantitative description of the secondary breakup of the initial spray by high velocity combustion gas . 一个更困难的问题是关于高速燃气使初始喷雾二次破裂的定量描述。
Results of this kind reinforce the need for caution in applying the quantitative rates obtained in the mouse to the problem of risk estimates . 这类结果说明,将小鼠试验所得的数值应用于人的危害估价时必须更加小心。
expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement; "export wheat without quantitative limitations"; "quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture"
(of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables; "in typical Greek and Latin verse of the classical period the rhymic system is based on some arrangement of long and short elements"
relating to the measurement of quantity; "quantitative studies"
The term quantitative refers to a type of information based in quantities or else quantifiable data (objective properties) ?as opposed to qualitative information which deals with apparent [(subjective properties). It may also refer to mass, time, or productivity.