quality

noun

(uncountable) Level of excellence.

(uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from faults and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.

(countable) Something that differentiates a thing or person.

(emergency medicine, countable) The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.

(countable, UK, journalism) A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.

(thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.

(archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)

(archaic) Position; status; rank.

adjective

(occasionally proscribed) (attributive) Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose; of high quality.

Roots

qualisqual- · Latin · of what kind

Synonyms for quality

calibern finenessn soundnessn charactern excellencen tastefulnessn cogencyn tonen

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