Quality Definition

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Singular quality

Plural countable and uncountable; plural qualities

quality (countable and uncountable; plural qualities)

  1. (uncountable) Level of excellence
    This school is well-known for having teachers of high quality.
    Quality of life is usually determined by health, education, and income.
  2. (countable) A property or attribute that differentiates a thing or person.
    One of the qualities of pure iron is that it does not rust easily.
    While being impulsive can be great for artists, it is not a desirable quality for engineers.
    Security, stability, and efficiency are good qualities of an operating system.
  3. (thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid-vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
  4. (archaic) High social position.
    A peasant is not allowed to fall in love with a lady of quality.
    Membership of this golf club is limited to those of quality and wealth.
  5. (uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.

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Sat Feb 13 19:05:42 2010

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How can I watch high quality videos on my nokia 5130 xpressmusic?
Q. e.g. I have a high quality video from youtube. On my computer the quality is high. But when I transfer it onto my phone the quality is bad. I have to convert it into mpeg 4. Do I have to change the options of the converting?
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How to get a better quality picture when uploading from my digital video camera?
Q. I have a digital movie camera. When I connect directly to the TV through an S-Video cable (camera to TV), the picture quality is fabulous. However, when I upload the movie to my computer, the quality is poor (poor resolution). I have a brand new, fast computer with Windows XP Media Center. I use the Media Center to upload the movie. I also tried downloading from the computer (after uploading from my camera) to a DVD and playing on my TV and the quality was just as poor. Is it the uploading program (XP Media Center) and, if so, what is a better program? Thanks for your help!
Asked by ray95959 - Thu Nov 30 23:48:38 2006 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It sounds like you need to increase the resolution on the computer program or edit the picture from there. If the program is the problem, try HP Photo or Adobe. _ _ _
Answered by XenonAudio - Fri Dec 1 22:19:05 2006

What quality of vodka to use in a vodka watermelon?
Q. I am making a vodka watermelon. No instructions needed there. Wondering what quality of vodka is best for this type of infusion? Let me know what you have tried and what tastes the best! Thanks!
Asked by Cross - Wed Dec 2 22:56:48 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Cheap as possible
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Quality Quotes

Quality can refer to:

  1. A specific characteristic of an object (the qualities of ice - i.e. its properties)
  2. The achievement or excellence of an object (good quality ice - i.e. not of inferior grade)
  3. The essence of an object (the quality of ice - i.e. "iceness")
  4. The meaning of excellence itself

The first meaning is technical, the second practical, the third artistic, and the fourth metaphysical.

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  • A quality is something capable of being completely embodied. A law never can be embodied in its character as a law except by determining a habit. A quality is how something may or might have been. A law is how an endless future must continue to be.
    • Charles Peirce, Collected Papers (lecture 3 of Lowell Lectures of 1903), vol. 1, para. 536, Harvard University Press (1934).
  • Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.
    • Friedrich Nietzsche, Mixed Opinions and Maxims, aphorism 370, “The Danger in Admiration,” (1879).
  • It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson, Speech, January 1842, at the Masonic Temple in Boston, repr. in The Dial (1843) and Nature, Addresses, and Lectures (1849).
  • It’s the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It’s a quality to be proud of. But it’s a quality that many people seem to have neglected.