quality

noun \ ˈkwä-lə-tē \

Definition of quality

1. a: peculiar and essential character

b: an inherent feature

c: capacity, role

2. a: degree of excellence : grade

b: superiority in kind

3. a: social status : rank

b: aristocracy

4. a: a distinguishing attribute : characteristic

b: an acquired skill : accomplishment

5. the character in a logical proposition of being affirmative or negative

6. vividness of hue

7. a: timbre

b: the identifying character of a vowel sound determined chiefly by the resonance of the vocal chambers in uttering it

8. the attribute of an elementary sensation that makes it fundamentally unlike any other sensation