Other Definitions quality (enc)
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Quality| Noun | 1. | quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeareattribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity attractiveness, attraction - the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" opaqueness, opacity - the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light divisibility - the quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons ease, easiness, simplicity - freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation" suitability, suitableness - the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose; "an important requirement is suitability for long trips" nature - the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy" aura, air, atmosphere - a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance" excellence - the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree changeability, changeableness - the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change; "the changeableness of the weather" sameness - the quality of being alike; "sameness of purpose kept them together" difference - the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock" factuality, factualness - the quality of being actual or based on fact; "the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination" particularity - the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; "the particularity of human situations" generality - the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability complexity, complexness - the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers" regularity - the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits" pleasantness, sweetness - the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day" unpleasantness - the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather" | | | 2. | quality - a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"degree, level, grade - a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate degree of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" | | | 3. | quality - a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"attribute, dimension, property - a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property" texture - the essential quality of something; "the texture of Neapolitan life" | | | 4. | quality - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"resonance - the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities nasality - a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators register - (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner | | | 5. | quality - high social status; "a man of quality" | | | Adj. | 1. | quality - of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students" | | | 2. | quality - of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family"upper-class - occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society | |
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