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quality |
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The etymology of "quality" is fairly well elucidated coming from Middle English, from Old French qualité, from Latin qualitatem, accusative of qualitas, from qualis (“of what kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (“who, how”). Cicero coined qualitas as a calque to translate the Ancient Greek word ποιότης (poiótēs, “quality”), coined by Plato from ποῖος (poîos, “of what nature, of what kind”). A quality is an attribute that is intrinsically associated with its bearer (or its parts), but whose presence/absence and observed/measured value may vary. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000019 |
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The etymology of "quality" is fairly well elucidated coming from Middle English, from Old French qualité, from Latin qualitatem, accusative of qualitas, from qualis (“of what kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (“who, how”). Cicero coined qualitas as a calque to translate the Ancient Greek word ποιότης (poiótēs, “quality”), coined by Plato from ποῖος (poîos, “of what nature, of what kind”). |
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qualities |
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A dependent entity that inheres in a bearer by virtue of how the bearer is related to other entities. A quality is a specifically dependent continuant that, in contrast to roles and dispositions, does not require any further process in order to be realized. A quality is an attribute that is intrinsically associated with its bearer (or its parts), but whose presence/absence and observed/measured value may vary. |
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qualitatem qualité |
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quality |
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BFO:0000019 |
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quality |
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