Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
QUANTITATIVE
quantitative
(adjective) 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”
quantitative
(adjective) (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”
quantitative
(adjective) relating to the measurement of quantity; “quantitative studies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
quantitative (comparative more quantitative, superlative most quantitative)
Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality
(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample
Source: Wiktionary
Quan"ti*ta*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. quantitatif.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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