English Dictionary

quality

/ˈkwɒlɪti/

noun

(uncountable) Level of excellence. / (countable) A property or an attribute that differentiates a thing or person. / (archaic) Position; status; rank.

The quality of the product is exceptional.

意味（1）

(uncountable) Level of excellence.

This school is well-known for having teachers of high quality.

意味（2）

(countable) 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.

意味（3）

(archaic) Position; status; rank.

The firſt Solemn Embaſſy that the French King ſent to the late King of SIAM, was in the Year 1685, by Monſieur de Chaumont, who went in Quality of Ambaſſador Extraordinary […]

意味（4）

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

A peasant is not allowed to fall in love with a lady of quality.

意味（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.

意味（6）

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

意味（7）

(emergency medicine, countable) 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?.

意味（8）

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

It is argued that in the last ten years or so, quality broadsheet newspapers have become more like the tabloids. Anthony Sampson has argued that 'the frontier between the qualities and popular papers has virtually disappeared'.