quantとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Shortening.

名詞

quant (countable and uncountable, plural quants)

1. (uncountable) Quantitative analysis or research.
   • 2015, Nigel Clark, Professional Services Marketing Handbook: How to Build Relationships, Grow Your Firm and Become a Client Champion, London: Kogan Page Publishers, page 70:

     We believe there is a role for both qual and quant in professional services.

2. (finance, countable) A quantitative analyst.
   • 2014 January 30, Simon Roberts Was Here (The Crazy Ones), episode 15:

     Judy Mills: Oh, and I was very excited to hear about your agency's new emphasis on hard numbers and data.
     Simon: Excuse me?
     Judy Mills: Yeah, I heard you hired a quant.

3. Clipping of quantity.
4. Clipping of quantifier.

派生語

形容詞

quant (not comparable)

1. Clipping of quantifiable.
2. Clipping of quantitative.
   • 2012, Judith M. Meloy, Twenty-first Century Learning by Doing, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, page 24:

     Finally, in the school of education, I found coursework that included qual and quant methodology.

派生語

• quant fund

語源 2

Uncertain. A borrowing from Latin contus (“long pole”) has been suggested, but the -a- is problematic.

名詞

quant (plural quants)

1. A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
2. A vertical shaft used to drive a millstone.

派生語

• quant pole

動詞

quant (third-person singular simple present quants, present participle quanting, simple past and past participle quanted)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To propel using a quant.

派生語

• quanter

参考

• quant suff

アナグラム

• nuqta