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QUALITATIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Involving distinctions based on qualities
Example:
qualitative analysis determines the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture
Classified under:
Similar:
soft (using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation)
Antonym:
quantitative (expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
qualitative analysis (the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements)
Context examples:
Much of the course work emphasizes qualitative and quantitative analysis methods.
(Doctor of Social Work, NCI Thesaurus)
The resulting antigen-antibody complexes fixed on the second gel may then be stained, allowing sensitive and specific qualitative visual identification of paraproteins by electrophoretic position.
(Immunofixation, NCI Thesaurus)
A state of an activity in relation to its execution, timing, objective(s) or other quantitative or qualitative parameter(s).
(Activity Status, NCI Thesaurus)
A qualitative or quantitative analysis performed to determine the amount of a particular constituent in a sample or the biological or pharmacological potency of a drug.
(Assay, NCI Thesaurus)
Qualitative bioassays are used for assessing the physical effects of a substance that may not be quantified, such as abnormal development or deformity.
(Device Bioassay Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)
A functional (qualitative) as well as quantitative assay that is utilized as an indicator of granulopoiesis reconstitution.
(Colony-Forming Unit-Granulocyte Macrophage Assay, NCI Thesaurus)
An enzyme immunoassay for the qualitative detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency viruses in human serum or plasma.
(Anti-HIV2 Enzyme Immunoassay, NCI Thesaurus)
An outcome of observation represented as a text, qualitative, or quantitative parameter, code, image, graph, etc.
(Observation Result, NCI Thesaurus)
The qualitative analysis gives a quite normal condition, and shows, I should infer, in itself a vigorous state of health.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Any method of quantitative or qualitative analysis that involves optics and/or the measurement of light.
(Optical Methods, NCI Thesaurus)
