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noun Education.

Also called weighted grade point . a numerical equivalent to a letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course and then further multiplied by a weighted value assigned to more difficult courses, as honors level courses where a grade of A may be worth 4.5 or 5 quality points: used to compute a quality point average.

grade point.

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Origin of quality point

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby quality point

quality-assure, quality circle, quality control, quality factor, quality-of-life, quality point, quality point average, quality time, qualm, qualmish, quamash

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The citizens of Stevens Point defeated fluoridation by a healthy margin.
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Deep, situational, and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a POINT!
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To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
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Therefore, it is not possible for any F-35 schedule to include a video data link or infrared pointer at this point.
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But the most important point I want to make is about what the press does now.
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This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
His also was the intellectual point of view, and the intellectual interest in knowledge and its deductions.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
Judged from this point of view only, the elasticity provided by the new law is doubtless adequate.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is uninstructive; without the latter, it is deceptive.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
That is the only point in which one sees Liszt's sense of his own greatness; otherwise his manner is remarkably unassuming.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay