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ɪnoun
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an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute: the chemical qualities of alcohol.
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character with respect to fineness, or grade of excellence: food of poor quality; silks of fine quality.
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high grade; superiority; excellence: wood grain of quality.
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EXPANDa personality or character trait: kindness is one of her many good qualities.
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native excellence or superiority.
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an accomplishment or attainment.
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good or high social position: a man of quality.
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the superiority or distinction associated with high social position.
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Acoustics. the texture of a tone, dependent on its overtone content, that distinguishes it from others of the same pitch and loudness.
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Phonetics. the tonal color, or timbre, that characterizes a particular vowel sound.
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Logic. the character of a proposition as affirmative or negative.
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Thermodynamics. the proportion or percentage of vapor in a mixture of liquid and vapor, as wet steam.
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social status or position.
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COLLAPSEa person of high social position: He's quality, that one is.
adjective
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of or having superior quality: quality paper.
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producing or providing products or services of high quality or merit: a quality publisher.
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of or occupying high social status: a quality family.
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marked by a concentrated expenditure of involvement, concern, or commitment: Counselors are urging that working parents try to spend more quality time with their children.
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Quality
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English qualite < Old French < Latin quālitās, equivalent to quāl(is) of what sort + -itās -ity
1250–1300; Middle English qualite < Old French < Latin quālitās, equivalent to quāl(is) of what sort + -itās -ity
Related forms
qual·i·ty·less, adjective
non·qual·i·ty, noun, plural -ties.
sub·qual·i·ty, noun, plural -ties.
Synonyms
1. trait, character, feature. Quality, attribute, property agree in meaning a particular characteristic (of a person or thing). A quality is a characteristic, innate or acquired, that, in some particular, determines the nature and behavior of a person or thing: naturalness as a quality; the quality of meat. An attribute was originally a quality attributed, usually to a person or something personified; more recently it has meant a fundamental or innate characteristic: an attribute of God; attributes of a logical mind. Property applies only to things; it means a characteristic belonging specifically in the constitution of, or found (invariably) in, the behavior of a thing: physical properties of uranium or of limestone. 3. nature, kind, grade, sort, condition.
1. trait, character, feature. Quality, attribute, property agree in meaning a particular characteristic (of a person or thing). A quality is a characteristic, innate or acquired, that, in some particular, determines the nature and behavior of a person or thing: naturalness as a quality; the quality of meat. An attribute was originally a quality attributed, usually to a person or something personified; more recently it has meant a fundamental or innate characteristic: an attribute of God; attributes of a logical mind. Property applies only to things; it means a characteristic belonging specifically in the constitution of, or found (invariably) in, the behavior of a thing: physical properties of uranium or of limestone. 3. nature, kind, grade, sort, condition.
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- Indoor air quality first became a focus of attention in the 1980s.
- At some point, quality gives way to quantity.
- The industry is booming as quality and quantity improve
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quality
late 13c., from O.Fr. qualite (12c., Fr. qualité), from L. qualitatem (nom. qualitas; said to have been coined by Cicero to translate Gk. poiotes), from qualis "of what sort," from PIE pronomial base *kwo- (see qua). Noun phrase quality time first recorded 1977. Quality
EXPANDof life is from 1943. Quality control first attested 1935.
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quality definition
The totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs. Not to be mistaken for "degree of excellence" or "fitness for use" which meet only part of the definition.
[ISO8402].
(1995-11-10)
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