| quality | |
| 1. n. 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. n. A property or an 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. n. (archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.) | |
| 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. | |
| 4. n. 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. | |
| 5. n. (thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture. | |
| 6. n. (emergency medicine) The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like. | |
| To identify quality try asking, "what does it feel like?". | |
| 7. adj. Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose. | |
| We only sell quality products. | |
| That was a quality game by Jim Smith. | |
| A quality system ensures products meet customer requirements. | |
