Quality
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[1913 Webster] Note: Qualities, in metaphysics, are primary or secondary. Primary are those essential to the existence, and even the conception, of the thing, as of matter or spirit Secondary are those not essential to such a conception. [1913 Webster] 4. An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition. [1913 Webster] He had those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing which accompany a good breeding. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 5. Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character. "Persons of quality." --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Quality binding, a kind of worsted tape used in Scotland for binding carpets, and the like. The quality, those of high rank or station, as distinguished from the masses, or common people; the nobility; the gentry. [1913 Webster] I shall appear at the masquerade dressed up in my feathers, that the quality may see how pretty they will look in their traveling habits. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Syn: Property; attribute; nature; peculiarity; character; sort; rank; disposition; temper. [1913 Webster]  quality adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: choice, prime(a), prize, quality, select] 2: of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family" n 1: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"-- Shakespeare 2: a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" [syn: quality, caliber, calibre] 3: 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" [syn: quality, character, lineament] 4: (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" [syn: timbre, timber, quality, tone] 5: high social status; "a man of quality"  quality 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)  Quality, KY Zip code(s): 42268  quality [kwɔlitiː] Beschaffenheit; Eigenschaft; Güte; Qualität  quality [kwɔlitiː] propriété; qualité  quality minôség tulajdonság  quality [kwɔlitiː] eigenschap allooi; eigenschap; kwaliteit  quality [kwɔlitiː] predicado, propriedade, qualidade  quality [kwɔlitiː] calidad; ralea  quality [kwɔlitiː] egenskap egenskap; kvalitet  QUALITY, persons. The state or condition of a person. 2. Two contrary qualities cannot be in the same person at the same time. Dig. 41, 10, 4. 3. Every one is presumed to know the quality of the person with whom he is contracting. 4. In the United States, the people happily are all upon an equality in their civil and political rights. QUALITY, pleading. That which distinguishes one thing from another of the same kind. 2. It is in general necessary, when the declaration alleges an injury to the goods and chattels, or any contract relating to them, that the quality should be stated and it is also essential, in an action for the recovery of real estate, that its quality should be shown; as, whether it consists of houses, lands, or other hereditaments, whether the lands are meadow, pasture or arable, &c. The same rule requires that, in an action for an injury to real property, the quality should be shown. Steph. Pl. 214, 215. Vide, as to the various qualities, Ayl. Pand. [60.]  quality Eigenschaft f; Güte f; Qualität f quality Qualität f; Eigenschaft f; Beschaffenheit f  222 Moby Thesaurus words for "quality": Al, Grade A, acquired taste, advantageousness, affection, affirmation, agreeableness, air, ancestry, appreciation of excellence, arete, aristocracy, aristocraticalness, aroma, atmosphere, attribute, aura, auspiciousness, badge, beneficialness, benevolence, benignity, birth, blood, blue blood, blue-ribbon, body-build, brand, cachet, caliber, capacity, cast, character, characteristic, characteristics, choiceness, civilized taste, civilizedness, class, climate, cogency, complexion, composition, condition, configuration, constituents, constitution, crasis, cultivated taste, cultivation, culture, cut, daintiness, delicacy, desert, dharma, diathesis, differentia, differential, dignity, discrimination, disposition, distinction, distinctive feature, earmark, elegance, element, elite, eminence, ethos, excellence, excellency, expedience, factor, fairness, fastidiousness, favorableness, feature, feel, feeling, fiber, figure, fine, fineness, finesse, first-class, first-rate, first-rateness, flavor, flower, footing, frame, genius, genteelness, gentility, gentry, good taste, goodliness, goodness, grace, gracefulness, gracility, graciosity, graciousness, grade, grain, grandeur, gust, habit, hallmark, healthiness, helpfulness, honorable descent, hue, humor, humors, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, ilk, importance, impress, impression, index, individualism, individuality, keynote, kind, kindness, lineaments, makeup, mannerism, mark, marking, merit, milieu, mold, nature, niceness, nicety, nobility, noble birth, nobleness, note, odor, overtone, parameter, part, particularity, patriciate, peculiarity, perfection, physique, place, pleasantness, polish, position, predication, prime, profitableness, prominence, property, quirk, rank, refinement, relation, rewardingness, role, royalty, savor, seal, sense, shape, singularity, situation, skillfulness, smack, society, somatotype, sophistication, sort, soundness, specialty, spirit, stamp, standing, state, station, stature, status, streak, stripe, subtlety, suchness, superbness, superior, superiority, supremacy, system, taint, tang, taste, tastefulness, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, token, tone, trait, trick, type, undertone, upper class, usefulness, validity, value, vein, virtue, virtuousness, way, wholeness, worth Quality related |
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