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1. Quality
   1. The theoretical concept of delivering superior products, usually through some sort of statistical control method. 2. Marketing Countering bad reviews and user complaints by loudly extending the warranty period for new purchasers only.
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2. Quality
   Quality is, according to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge. Quality can be defined as a measure of the degree to which delivered health services meet established professional standards and judgments of value to consumers. Quality may also be seen as the degree to which actions taken or not taken maximize the probability of be…
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3. quality
   [adj] - of high social status 2. [n] - high social status 3. [n] - a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something 4. [n] - a degree or grade of excellence or worth 5. [n] - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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4. quality
   [adj] - of high social status 2. [n] - high social status 3. [n] - a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something 4. [n] - a degree or grade of excellence or worth 5. [n] - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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5. Quality
   The creditworthiness of a security.
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6. Quality
   Conformance to specification.
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7. Quality
   The totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy a given need or requirement; also describes as "fitness for purpose" or value for money as perceived by the customer.
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8. Quality
   Subjective term relating to expectations by the customer, printer and other professionals associated with a printing job and whether the job meets those expectations.
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9. Quality
   Grade of sub-grade of structural steel. (See BS4360 for hot rolled sections.)
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10. quality
    The totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs. Not to be mistaken for "degree of excellence" or "fitness for use" which meet only part of the definition. [ISO8402]. (1995-11-10)
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11. quality
    A quantitative measure of the rate of take-up(and thus the compactness warp-way)of the machine. Category: Various industries and crafts • in a liquid-vapour mixture,the ratio by weight of vapour to liquid plus vapour Category: Mechanical engineering
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12. Quality
    Definition (keystage 3) Something which can be described in words but not expressed in numbers, eg goodness.
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13. Quality
    Qual"i·ty noun ; plural Qualities . [ French qualité , Latin qualitas , from qualis how constituted, as; akin to English which . See Which .] 1. The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank. « We lived most joyful, obtaining a …
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14. quality
    adjective of high social status; `people of quality`; `a quality family`
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15. quality
    character noun a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; `each town has a quality all its own`; `the radical character of our demands`
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16. quality
    noun an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; `the quality of mercy is not strained`--Shakespeare
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17. quality
    noun high social status; `a man of quality`
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18. quality
    calibre noun a degree or grade of excellence or worth; `the quality of students has risen`; `an executive of low caliber`
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19. Quality
    `Quality` in everyday life and business, engineering and manufacturing has a pragmatic interpretation as the `non-inferiority`, `superiority` or `usefulness` of something. This is the most common interpretation of the term. Many different techniques and concepts have evolved to improve product or service quality, including SPC, Zero Defects, Six Sigma, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, quality circles, TQM, Theory of Constraints (TOC),Qua...
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20. Quality
    • (n.) An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition. • (n.) Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character. • (n.) That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; di...
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21. quality
    (from the article `metaphysics`) ...difficult, however, for the metaphysician to come up with more satisfactory answers of his own. Many metaphysicians have relied, in this ... The `qualities` of an object are its powers to cause ideas in the mind. One consequence of this usage is that, in Locke`s epistemology, words ... [2...
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22. Quality
    One dimension along which products can be differentiated. One basis for intraindustry trade is product differentiation in quality, together with differences in comparative advantage for producing quality as well as differences in preference for quality within a heterogeneous population.
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23. quality
    The degree to which a component, system or process meets specified requirements and/or user/customer needs and expectations. [After IEEE 610]…
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