What's the difference between peculiarity and quality?

Peculiarity


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.
  • (n.) That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity.
  • (n.) Exclusive possession or right.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We considered the days of the disease and the persistence of symptoms since the admission as peculiar parameters between the two groups.
  • (2) Structural peculiarities in tubulin polymorphism are considered.
  • (3) Angiopathic and traumatic influences conditioned by metabolism, apart from local peculiarities are taken into consideration.
  • (4) Cancer of the mouth, pharynx and esophagus has decreased in all Japanese migrants, but the decrease is much greater among Okinawan migrants, suggesting they have escaped exposure to risk factors peculiar to the Okinawan environment.
  • (5) Electron microscopy revealed the presence of a hitherto unreported peculiar "pilovacuolar" inclusion in numerous mitochondria, composed of an electron dense pile or rod within a vacuole, while globular or crystalline inclusions were absent.
  • (6) A new theory for the peculiar site selection of cholesteatomas of the external auditory canal is postulated.
  • (7) Some fundamentals of the causes of diagnostic errors depending upon anatomophysiological and topographo-anatomical peculiarities of woman's organism are given.
  • (8) The peculiar aspects of uncommon causes of IVH are discussed on the basis of a review of the literature.
  • (9) The qualification for carrying on the isonicotinic acid hydrazide monotherapy in the tuberculosis cutis luposa and verrucosa is proved on the basis of bacteriological, pathologo-anatomical and clinical peculiarities of these forms of tuberculosis of the skin.
  • (10) Acini in the parotid gland of the North American mink (Mustela vision) are composed of seromucous cells that contain secretory granules of peculiar morphology.
  • (11) In 20.2% of the cases with carcinoma the tumor cells showed peculiar intracytoplasmic inclusions, whereas in only 0.43% of the biopsies of the mamma without carcinoma such inclusions were to be found.
  • (12) A peculiar emphasis is given to the microarchitecture and functional significance of longitudinal muscle columns as a prevalent structural component of branch pads.
  • (13) The peculiar configuration of the pneumocephalus is attributed to the partial obliteration of the subarachnoid space due to the increased intracranial pressure.
  • (14) So far, the UK election has thrown up a carnival of peculiar results | Lewis Baston Read more Scotland, of course, is a different story: but David Cameron’s antagonistic response to the 2014 referendum clearly swung a lot of anti-Tory voters towards the SNP.
  • (15) The peculiarities of the growth and extracellular accumulation of free keto and amino cids by a barotolerant culture (strain 0798) in culturing on Ran's glucose-mineral medium conditions of 1, 200, 300, and 500 atm were investigated.
  • (16) Diffuse widening of the subarchnoidal space, diffuse cerebral changes, interhemispheric assymetry of the venous and arterial phases of cerebral circulation: the most peculiar symptoms of the CNS affection in SLE according to CT and EEG and radionuclide studies of cerebral hemodynamics.
  • (17) One peculiar case of giant ameloblastoma of the mandible is reported in this paper.
  • (18) Considering the tumour's late occurrence the histological peculiarities of the place of origin as one of the factors of possible histogenesis is stressed.
  • (19) Ultimately, the judgments combine to make a particularly peculiar melange: among the plaintiffs there is a mix of economic pessimism and insecure nationalism with a shot of nostalgia for the Deutschmark.
  • (20) They also include difficulties peculiar to the condition of mild mental retardation, including the choice of method of classification whether by IQ testing or administratively; the heterogeneous nature of the individuals so characterised; and the confounding effects of social and biological factors and the changes in the implications for the affected individual of the condition, depending on age, sex and environment.

Quality


Definition:

  • (n.) The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank.
  • (n.) Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.
  • (n.) That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman.
  • (n.) An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.
  • (n.) Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If the method was taken into routine use in a diagnostic laboratory, the persistence of reverse passive haemagglutination reactions would enable grouping results to be checked for quality control purposes.
  • (2) In order to control noise- and vibration-caused diseases it was necessary not only to improve machines' quality and service conditions but also to pay special attention to the choice of operators and to the quality of monitoring their adaptation process.
  • (3) Research efforts in the Swedish schools are of high quality and are remarkably prolific.
  • (4) After four years of existence, many evaluations were able to show the qualities of this system regarding root canal penetration, cleaning and shaping.
  • (5) The dangers caused by PM10s was highlighted in the Rogers review of local authority regulatory services, published in 2007, which said poor air quality contributed to between 12,000 and 24,000 premature deaths each year.
  • (6) Our results underline the importance of patient-related factors in MVR, and indicate that care is needed in comparing the quality of MVR from different institutions with respect to mortality and morbidity.
  • (7) Perceived quality of life interviews with the clients were also conducted at both times.
  • (8) The quantity of social ties, the quality of relationships as modified by type of intimate, and the baseline level of symptoms measured five years earlier were significant predictors of psychosomatic symptoms among this sample of women.
  • (9) Other recommendations for immediate action included a review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the General Medical Council for doctors, with possible changes to their structures; the possible transfer of powers to launch criminal prosecutions for care scandals from the Health and Safety Executive to the Care Quality Council; and a new inspection regime, which would focus more closely on how clean, safe and caring hospitals were.
  • (10) This method provided myocardial perfusion images of high quality which were well correlated with N-13 ammonia images.
  • (11) They urged the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to make air quality a higher priority and release the latest figures on premature deaths.
  • (12) It has been an enormous improvement in our quality of life.
  • (13) The protein quality and iron bioavailability of mechanically deboned turkey meat (MDT) and hand-deboned turkey meat (HDT) were determined in rats.
  • (14) The primary focus of both nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapy should be to control systemic blood pressure in a simple, affordable, and nontoxic fashion that provides an adequate quality of life.
  • (15) Quality evaluations by usual human spermiogram methods were applicable with only minor modifications to the procedures.
  • (16) An experience in working out and introduction of a system of failure-free performance work as one of the most important steps in creating a complex system for the production quality control at the Leningrad combine "Krasnogvardeets" is described.
  • (17) The effect of scrotal mange (Chorioptes bovis) on semen quality was assessed in a flock of rams during an outbreak of chorioptic mange and in rams with experimentally induced chorioptic mange.
  • (18) Gove said in the interview that he did not want to be Tory leader, claiming that he lacked the "extra spark of charisma and star quality" possessed by others.
  • (19) The department of dietetics at a large teaching hospital has substantially reduced its food and labor costs through use of computerized systems that ensure efficient inventory management, recipe standardization, ingredient control, quantity and quality control, and identification of productive man-hours and appropriate staffing levels.
  • (20) The quality of liver grafts was evaluated using an original, blood-free isolated perfusion model, after 8 h cold storage, or after 15 min warm ischemia performed prior to harvesting.