primary quality
nounEpistemology.
any of the qualities inherent in an object, namely quantity, extent, figure, solidity, and motion or rest.
Origin of primary quality
1First recorded in 1650–60
- Compare secondary quality.
Words Nearby primary quality
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How to use primary quality in a sentence
In other words, the marble has the primary quality of matter, extension.
Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews | Thomas Henry HuxleyWe leave it to you intact and actual—not deducting even a single primary quality.
Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge | Alexander PhilipIt is a primary quality of the nervous system, present or absent to the degree determined by each individual's original nature.
How to Teach | George Drayton Strayer and Naomi Norsworthy
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