qualitative

adj
/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.tə.tɪv/UK/ˈkwɑ.ləˌteɪ.tɪv/US/ˈkwɒl.əˌteɪ.tɪv/CA/ˈkwɔl.ə.tæɪ.tɪv/

Etymology

From Late Latin (or Medieval Latin) quālitātīvus. Equivalent to quality + -ative.

Definitions

  1. Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity.

    • Near-synonyms: nonquantitative, unquantitative
    • You may recall that I made a qualitative post about our level 100 talents a little more than a month ago. Now let’s look at them qualitatively.
  2. Of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound.

  3. high-quality

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Something qualitative.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at qualitative. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at qualitative. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at qualitative

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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