primary quality


nounEpistemology.
  1. any of the qualities inherent in an object, namely quantity, extent, figure, solidity, and motion or rest.

Origin of primary quality

1
First recorded in 1650–60

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.

  • We leave it to you intact and actual—not deducting even a single primary quality.

  • It is a primary quality of the nervous system, present or absent to the degree determined by each individual's original nature.

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