quantitative estimate

collocation in English

meaningsofquantitativeandestimate

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quantitative
adjective
uk
/ˈkwɒn.tɪ.tə.tɪv/us
/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.teɪ.t̬ɪv/
relating to numbers ...
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estimate
noun[C]
uk
/ˈes.tɪ.mət/us
/ˈes.tə.mət/
a guess of what the size, value, amount, cost, etc. of something ...
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(Definition ofquantitativeandestimatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The present data are the firstquantitativeestimateof the seed bank in this species.
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Aquantitativeestimateof these trends requires a fully three-dimensional numerical solution, which constitutes a possible extension to the present work.
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This is the firstquantitativeestimateof the mutagenic effect of cryopreservation on the germ line of a metazoan.
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We will prove aquantitativeestimatefor the distribution of orbits.
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Moreover, by choosing an appropriate notion of distance we can measure this closeness to get aquantitativeestimateof the information lost in the abstraction.
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Our goal here was rather to provide aquantitativeestimateover a full life-cycle and to estimate the age at first copulation.
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Aquantitativeestimateof the reduction of transmission is therefore helpful in evaluating the effectiveness of new intervention strategies.
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We do not have aquantitativeestimateof the cost at present.
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This is not necessary - the recognition heuristic can work very well without anyquantitativeestimateof the recognition validity.
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In a certain sense, these new invariants give aquantitativeestimateof how 'non-invertible' a system is.
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We need, then, aquantitativeestimateof s- in order to assess the model's relevance to the evolution of recombination.
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Although these results fit qualitatively with the idea of a flexible chain, attempts to make aquantitativeestimateof the chain properties have met with difficulties.
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This study will examine neuropsychological effects including a number of standard tests to allow aquantitativeestimateof psychiatric morbidity, anxiety and depression.
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He cannot give aquantitativeestimateof the effect on milk supplies, but it will be slight.
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It is too soon to make aquantitativeestimate, but there is no doubt that the strike had a considerable distorting effect.
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Some construction output may be affected by shortages of building materials and components, but noquantitativeestimateof loss of output can yet be made.
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The effect of land prices on inflation is extremely indirect and it is not practicable to make a meaningfulquantitativeestimate.
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Noquantitativeestimateof their effect can be made.
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It would be nice if one could give some kind ofquantitativeestimateof the effect.
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Unlike other areas, there has been noquantitativeestimateof the scale of development.
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