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ComparativeComparative Com*par"a*tive, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F.
comparatif.]
1. Of or pertaining to comparison. ``The comparative
faculty.' --Glanvill.
2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the
comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or
absolute, as compared with another thing or state.
The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
--Whewell.
The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to
the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend
to the top. --Bentley.
4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the
positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or
adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive
by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more
bright, or less bright.
Comparative sciences, those which are based on a
comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts
in any branch or department, and which aim to study out
and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation
pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative
physiology, comparative philology. Comparative
Comparative Com*par"a*tive, n. (Gram.)
The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the
form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as,
stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all
comparatives.
In comparatives is expressed a relation of two; as in
superlatives there is a relation of many. --Angus.
2. An equal; a rival; a compeer. [Obs.]
Gerard ever was His full comparative. --Beau. & Fl.
3. One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit. [Obs.]
``Every beardless vain comparative.' --Shak.
Meaning of Comparative from wikipedia
- In
general linguistics, the
comparative is a
syntactic construction that
serves to
express a
comparison between two (or more)
entities or
groups of entities...
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Comparative politics is a
field in
political science characterized either by the use of the
comparative method or
other empirical methods to
explore politics...
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Comparative analysis may
refer to:
Comparative contextual analysis, a
technique used in
criminology Comparative bullet-lead analysis, a
technique used...
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Comparative literature is an
academic field dealing with the
study of
literature and
cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and...
- In an
economic model,
agents have a
comparative advantage over
others in
producing a
particular good if they can
produce that good at a
lower relative...
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Comparative sociology involves comparison of the
social processes between nation states, or
across different types of
society (for
example capitalist...
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Comparative anatomy is the
study of
similarities and
differences in the
anatomy of
different species. It is
closely related to
evolutionary biology and...
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Comparative mythology is the
comparison of
myths from
different cultures in an
attempt to
identify shared themes and characteristics.
Comparative mythology...
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Comparative endocrinology is
concerned with the many
complexities of
vertebrate and
invertebrate endocrine systems at the sub-molecular, molecular, cellular...
- In linguistics, the
comparative method is a
technique for
studying the
development of
languages by
performing a feature-by-feature
comparison of two or...
