quality control | maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods |
quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone, the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare |
quality caliber calibre | a degree or grade of excellence or worth, the quality of students has risen, an executive of low caliber |
superiority high quality | the quality of being superior |
inferiority low quality | an inferior quality |
parental quality | a quality appropriate to a parent |
motherliness maternalism maternal quality maternity | the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother, the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children |
fatherliness paternal quality | the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father, the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears |
timbre timber quality tone | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound), the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely, the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet |
limit bound boundary | the greatest possible degree of something, what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior, to the limit of his ability |
average cost | total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units |
quality character lineament | 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 |
average | an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual, he is about average in height, the snowfall this month is below average |
average norm | a statistic describing the location of a distribution, it set the norm for American homes |
Dow Jones Dow-Jones Industrial Average | an indicator of stock market prices, based on the share values ofbluehip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing |
age limit | regulation establishing the maximum age for doing something or holding some position |
speed limit | regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road |
earned run average ERA | (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness, calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched |
grade point average GPA | a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university, calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted |
city limit city limits | the limits of the area occupied by a city or town |
limit demarcation demarcation line | the boundary of a specific area |
upper limit | the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something |
lower limit | the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something |
limit | as far as something can go |
three-mile limit | the limit of a nation's territorial waters |
debt limit debt ceiling | the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity |
deterioration decline in quality declension worsening | process of changing to an inferior state |
limit limitation | the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed, there are limits on the amount you can bet, it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight |
limit limit point point of accumulation | the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity |
minimum lower limit | the smallest possible quantity |
maximum upper limit | the largest possible quantity |
batting average hitting average | (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance, the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat, Ted Williams once had a batting average above . |
batting average | (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds, the salesman's batting average was out of |
fielding average | (baseball) a measure of a fielder's performance, the number of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances |
average | (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities |
quality | high social status, a man of quality |
quality of life | your personal satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) with the cultural or intellectual conditions under which you live (as distinct from material comfort), the new art museum is expected to improve the quality of life |
time limit | a time period within which something must be done or completed |
terminus ad quem terminal point limit | final or latest limiting point |
restrict restrain trammel limit bound confine throttle | place limits on (extent or access), restrict the use of this parking lot, limit the time you can spend with your friends |
limit circumscribe confine | restrict or confine, I limit you to two visits to the pub a day |
average average out | compute the average of |
specify set determine define fix limit | decide upon or fix definitely, fix the variables, specify the parameters |
average | achieve or reach on average, He averaged a C |
average average out | amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain, The number of hours I work per work averages out to |
high-grade top-quality top-grade | surpassing in quality, top-grade ore |
quality | of high social status, people of quality, a quality family |
average ordinary | lacking special distinction, rank, or status, commonly encountered, average people, the ordinary (or common) man in the street |
outgoing | retiring from a position or office, the outgoing president |
outgoing | leaving a place or a position, an outgoing steamship |