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quantoids

quantoids is the plural of quantoid.

Meaning of quantoid

Noun

quantoid (plural quantoids)

  1. (derogatory) An academic who relies purely on quantitative research methods.
    • […] 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.2001, John Gerring, Social Science Methodology: A Criterial Framework, page 2
  2. (obsolete) The left hand side of a linear differential equation whose right hand side is zero.
    • 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.1875, Philosophical Magazine, page 440

Questions about quantoids

What is quantoids the plural of?
Quantoids is the plural of quantoid.

Words near quantoids in the dictionary

  1. quantizing
  2. quantland
  3. Quantock Hills
  4. Quantocks
  5. quantoid
  6. quantoids
  7. quantomania
  8. quantomechanic
  9. quantomechanical
  10. quantomechanics
  11. quantometer

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