定量(ていりょう)

ていりょう
noun
fixed quantity; quantitative
1. fixed quantity; set amount
A predetermined or fixed amount or quantity of something.
毎日(まいにち)定量(ていりょう)の水(みず)を飲(の)む。
I drink a fixed amount of water every day.
薬(くすり)は定量(ていりょう)を守(まも)って服用(ふくよう)してください。
Please take the medicine in the prescribed amount.
定量(ていりょう)を超(こ)えると品質(ひんしつ)に影響(えいきょう)が出(で)る。
Exceeding the fixed quantity affects quality.
2. quantitative (measurement, analysis)
Relating to or involving the measurement of quantity, as opposed to quality. Used in scientific and technical contexts.
定量(ていりょう)分析(ぶんせき)で成分(せいぶん)の割合(わりあい)を調(しら)べた。
We investigated the proportion of components through quantitative analysis.
定量(ていりょう)的(てき)なデータに基(もと)づいて判断(はんだん)する。
We make decisions based on quantitative data.
この研究(けんきゅう)では定量(ていりょう)的(てき)な手法(しゅほう)と定性(ていせい)的(てき)な手法(しゅほう)の両方(りょうほう)を用(もち)いた。
This research used both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Composed of 定(てい) (fixed, determined) + 量(りょう) (quantity, amount). Has two main uses: (1) a set or prescribed amount, and (2) the concept of "quantitative" in scientific and analytical contexts.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 定量(ていりょう)を守(まも)る: follow the prescribed amount
  • 定量(ていりょう)分析(ぶんせき): quantitative analysis
  • 定量(ていりょう)的(てき): quantitative (adjectival form)
  • 定量(ていりょう)調査(ちょうさ): quantitative survey

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 定性(ていせい): qualitative (the counterpart to 定量(ていりょう))
  • 適量(てきりょう): appropriate amount
  • 分量(ぶんりょう): quantity, dose (of ingredients or medicine)
  • 数量(すうりょう): quantity, number (general counting)
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