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2,949 words match “QUALITY”

CONCRETE a. 2 definitions
e concrete, those of classes abstract. J. S. Mill. Concrete terms, while they express the quality, do also express, or imply, or refer to, some subject to which it belongs. I. Watts. Concrete number, a number associated with, or applied to, a particular object, as three men, five days, etc., as distinguished from an ab…
CONCRETENESS n.
The quality of being concrete.
CONCURRENTNESS n.
The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence.
CONCUSSIVE a.
Having the power or quality of shaking or agitating. Johnson.
CONDITION n.
Essential quality; property; attribute. It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others. Bacon.
CONDITIONALITY n.
The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
CONDUCIBILITY n.
The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness. Bp. Wilkins.
CONDUCIBLENESS n.
Quality of being conducible.
CONDUCIVENESS n.
The quality of conducing.
CONDUCTIVE a.
Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil. The ovarian walls . . . are seen to be distinctly conductive. Goodale (Gray's Bot. ).
CONDUCTIVITY n.
The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as, the conductivity of a nerve. Thermal conductivity (Physics), the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces differ in temperature by one degree. J. D. Everett. -- Thermo…
CONFESSIONAL a.
Pertaining to a confession of faith. Confessional equality, equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.
CONFIDENTNESS n.
The quality of being confident.
CONFITURE n.
The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness. Sir J. Reynolds. If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. Motley.
CONFORMABLENESS n.
The quality of being conformable; conformability.
CONGENIALITY n.
The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness. Sir J. Reynolds.
CONGRUITY n.
The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency. With what congruity doth the church of Rome deny that her enemies do at all appertain to the church of Christ Hooker. A whole sentence may fail of its congruity by wanting one particle. Sir…
CONICALNESS n.
State or quality of being conical.
CONJOINTNESS n.
The qquality of being conjoint.
CONJUNCTIVENESS n.
The state or quality of being conjunctive. Johnson.
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