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to quantitate

to quantitate

7.9
To measure how much of something there is, often in science
  • verb
  • /ˈkwɒntɪˌteɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cuantificar
  • The scientists aim to quantitate the effectiveness of the new drug based on patient responses.

Somehow using a scintillation counter or using these phosphor imagers, you can quantitate the amount of radioactivity you have present.

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Examples

  • To better understand the ecosystem, ecologists often quantitate the number of species in a given area.

  • When we talk about the polymers, we're going to quantitate their amounts and their interactions.

  • The choice of 12 harmonics to quantitate waveforms was based on practical assessments of expected utility.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Now you can see that we've got some momentum here on quantitating proteins and RNAs.

  • There was some fragmentation of the overlying orthokeratin, although this was difficult to quantitate in relation to some sectioning artifact.

    Academic text (2001)

  • I'm sure the people who believe in and rely on Yergin and company will be disappointed, but I still wonder if the Yergins really believe most of their own projections; their favorite "above ground" factors must be hard to quantitate in their cute little projections.

    Blog text (6)

  • All short reads were assembled with Cufflinks (v. 2.0.2) with the -G option to quantitate against annotated reference transcripts.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Researchers can use new techniques to quantitate the levels of various chemicals in blood samples.

Synonyms

to quantify
vsto quantitate
58 4.8

To show how much of something there is using numbers

measures amount in scientific contexts rather than only giving numbers

How Precise

to determine
781 2.3
to quantitate
  • Specialized
7.9
to quantify
58 4.8
to measure
700 1.0
to guess
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

quantitate infinitive
quantitated past
quantitated past participle
quantitating present participle
quantitates third person singular

Morphology

quantitate = quantity (semi-transparent) = quantit + ate

Derived from the noun 'quantity' plus the Latinate verb-forming suffix '-ate'; the meaning 'to measure the quantity of' is inferable but the '-ate' formation and y→i spelling change make it less immediately obvious to average learners.

Etymology

Quantitate comes from the Latin root quant- meaning 'how much', the same root you see in quantity and quantify. So to quantitate is to measure the 'amount' of something, often in a scientific or lab setting.