Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Qualitative \Qual"i*ta*tive\, a. [Cf. LL. gualitativus, F.
qualitatif.]
Relating to quality; having the character of quality. --
{Qual"i*ta*tive*ly}, adv.
[1913 Webster]
{Qualitative analysis} (Chem.), analysis which merely
determines the constituents of a substance without any
regard to the quantity of each ingredient; -- contrasted
with quantitative analysis.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
qualitatively
adv 1: in a qualitative manner; "this discoloration
qualitatively suggests that the substance is low in
inorganic iron"