Characteristic vs. Quality
Characteristicadjective
Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
Characteristicnoun
A distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
Characteristicnoun
(mathematics) The integer part of a logarithm.
Characteristicnoun
(nautical) The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).
Characteristicnoun
For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.
Characteristicadjective
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
Characteristicnoun
A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized.
Characteristicnoun
The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.
Characteristicnoun
a prominent aspect of something;
Characteristicnoun
a distinguishing quality
Characteristicnoun
the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2
Characteristicnoun
any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
Characteristicadjective
typical or distinctive;
Characteristicadjective
typical of a particular person, place, or thing
Characteristicnoun
a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them
Characteristicnoun
the whole number or integral part of a logarithm, which gives the order of magnitude of the original number.
Qualitynoun
(uncountable) Level of excellence.
Qualitynoun
(countable) A property or an attribute that differentiates a thing or person.
Qualitynoun
(archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)
Qualitynoun
(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.
Qualitynoun
(thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
Qualitynoun
The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
Qualityadjective
Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose.
Qualitynoun
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.
Qualitynoun
Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.
Qualitynoun
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; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman.
Qualitynoun
An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.
Qualitynoun
Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character.
Qualitynoun
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone;
Qualitynoun
a degree or grade of excellence or worth;
Qualitynoun
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something;
Qualitynoun
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound);
Qualitynoun
high social status;
Qualityadjective
of superior grade;
Qualityadjective
of high social status;
Qualitynoun
the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something
Qualitynoun
general excellence of standard or level
Qualitynoun
short for quality paper
Qualitynoun
high social standing
Qualitynoun
people of high social standing
Qualitynoun
a distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed by someone or something
Qualitynoun
the distinguishing characteristic or characteristics of a speech sound.
Qualitynoun
any of three properties (cardinal, fixed, or mutable), representing types of movement, that a zodiacal sign can possess.
Qualityadjective
of good quality; excellent
