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qual·i·ty
n, pl -ties : a special or distinguishing attribute: as a : TIMBRE b : the attribute of an elementary sensation that makes it fundamentally unlike any other sensation c : the character of an X-ray beam that determines its penetrating power and is dependent upon its wavelength distribution .
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