quality
The kind, condition, and/or the set of characteristics of something, as opposed to the quantity of something.
Example
“The lattice structure of a steel profoundly changes its qualities.”
Other meanings
A single trait.
“While being impulsive can be great for artists, it is not a desirable quality for engineers.”
Good characteristics in particular; level of excellence; freedom of faults and flaws.
“This school is well-known for having teachers of high quality.”
Related words
- nonquality
- qualitied
- qualitiness
- subquality
- superquality
- unqualitied
- unquality
- letter-quality printing
- data quality
- quality start
- star quality
- high-quality
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "quālitās" (quālitās, quālitātem).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “quality” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.