n.
Pronunciation: ' kwä-l ē , - ˌ l ā
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural qua · lia \ ' kwä-l ē - ə \
Etymology: Latin, neuter of qualis of what kind
Date: 1675
1 : a property (as redness) considered apart from things having the property : UNIVERSAL
2 : a property as it is experienced as distinct from any source it might have in a physical object