Quantoid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quantoid is a noun meaning (derogatory) An academic who relies purely on quantitative research methods.
Meaning
(derogatory) An academic who relies purely on quantitative research methods.
More Meanings
- (mathematics, obsolete) The left hand side of a linear differential equation whose right hand side is zero.
Example Sentences
It indicates a certain relation between two differential equations, quantoids, or quotoids, whereof one is a transformation of the other by change of the independent variable.
[…] quantoids and qualitoids have developed different languages and different approaches to their topics. They are accustomed to arguing with each other or ignoring each other.
The latter, for example, are overheard dismissing the former as mere “quantoids”—as if quantitative methods turn those who deploy them into machinelike expellers of numeric waste.
Word Forms
- quantoids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quantdom, quant, quantland, quantivalence, numericist, q-analogue.
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