quantitate

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English

Etymology

Back-formation from quantitative.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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  1. (transitive) To measure the quantity of, especially with high accuracy and taking uncertainty into account, as in quantitative analysis.
    • 2012, K.H. Nierhaus, ‎F. Franceschi, ‎A.R. Subramanian, The Translational Apparatus: Structure, Function, Regulation, Evolution, page 198:
      Lastly, a "toeprint" of 30S subunits bound to T4 gene 32 mRNA has been observed with MMLV reverse transcriptase; while the experiment has not been quantitated, appearance of a signal at a subunit concentration of 0.02 μM is consistent with a binding constant on the order of 107 M-1 (Hartz et al., 1991).

Synonyms

Interlingua

Noun

quantitate (plural quantitates)

  1. quantity

Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) quantitāte

  1. ablative singular of quantitās
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