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quantitate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkwɒn.tɪ.teɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

Back-formation from quantitative.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To measure the quantity of, especially with high accuracy and taking uncertainty into account, as in quantitative analysis.
    • 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). 2012, K.H. Nierhaus, F. Franceschi, A.R. Subramanian, The Translational Apparatus: Structure, Function, Regulation, Evolution, page 198:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
quantitated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
quantitated Tense=Past lexicographic
quantitating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
quantitates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

semiquantitate

Relateds

quantitation

Synonyms

quantify (assign a quantity to)