quality

noun qualities

1. countable The kind, condition, and/or the set of characteristics of something, as opposed to the quantity of something. The lattice structure of a steel profoundly changes its qualities.
2. countable A single trait. While being impulsive can be great for artists, it is not a desirable quality for engineers.
3. uncountable Good characteristics in particular; level of excellence; freedom of faults and flaws. This school is well-known for having teachers of high quality.

   Similar: duty

4. attributive, countable, uncountable Good worth, good make. For this building project we need to use quality materials that will last for many decades.
5. archaic, countable, uncountable 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 […]
6. archaic, countable, uncountable High social position. (See also the quality.) A peasant is not allowed to fall in love with a lady of quality.
7. countable, uncountable In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
8. 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?".
9. UK, countable 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'.