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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements;
[syn: chemical analysis, qualitative analysis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Qualitative \Qual"i*ta*tive\, a. [Cf. LL. gualitativus, F. qualitatif.] Relating to quality; having the character of quality. -- Qual"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] Qualitative analysis (Chem.), analysis which merely determines the constituents of a substance without any regard to the quantity of each ingredient; -- contrasted with quantitative analysis. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

qualitative analysis n 1: the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements [syn: chemical analysis, qualitative analysis]