quale

(kwā′lē, kwä′-)

noun pl. qualia

Philos. a quality, as whiteness, loudness, etc., abstracted as an independent, universal essence from a thing

Origin: L, neut. sing. of qualis, of what kind < base of qui, who: see what

See quale in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. qua·li·a (-lē-ə)

A property, such as whiteness, considered independently from things having the property.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin quāle

Origin: , neuter of quālis, of what kind; see quality

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