qual

See also: Qual, QUAL, quál, and qual'

English

Alternative forms

• Qual

Etymology

Clipping of qualified

Noun

qual (countable and uncountable, plural quals)

1. (usually in the plural) Qualifying exam. An exam taken by someone (usually a grad student or prospective grad student) to measure their mastery in something, usually an academic field.
   • 2000, Stephen Cannell, The Devil's Workshop: A Novel, HarperCollins, page 12:

     He'd refused to say anything more, because he didn't want to distract her with his problems on the eve of the Quals.

   • 2004, Emanuel Derman, My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance, John Wiley & Sons, page 30:

     To be a theorist, you also had to pass a special theory section on the quals.

2. (uncountable) Qualitative analysis or research.
   • 2015, Nigel Clark, Professional Services Marketing Handbook: How to Build Relationships, Grow Your Firm and Become a Client Champion, London: Kogan Page Publishers, page 70:

     We believe there is a role for both qual and quant in professional services.

3. (sports) Alternative form of quali.

Adjective

qual (not comparable)

1. Short for qualitative
   • 2012, Judith M. Meloy, Twenty-first Century Learning by Doing, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, page 24:

     Finally, in the school of education, I found coursework that included qual and quant methodology.

Quotations

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:qual.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkwal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Pronoun

qual (relative, plural quals)

1. which

   És un cop del qual no es va recuperar.

   It's a blow from which he is has not recovered.

Adjective

qual (plural, dialectal masculine plural quals, dialectal feminine quala, dialectal feminine plural quales)

1. (interrogative, archaic, Balearic, Alghero) which, what

Derived terms

• tal qual

Further reading

• “qual”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Interlingua

Adverb

qual (not comparable)

1. what (such)

Determiner

qual

1. (relative) which

   Le doctrina de Jamblicho super le anima es sin dubita inspirate per le Timeo de Platon, in qual texto le autor depinge le anima como le mediation inter lo intelligibile indivisibile – le idea – e lo sensibile divisibile e multiple.^(WP)

   Iamblichus' doctrine about the soul is without a doubt inspired by Plato's Timaeus, in which text the author depicts the soul as the mediation between the indivisible intelligible — the idea — and the divisible and multiple sensory.

Pronoun

qual

1. (interrogative) what

   Qual es le instrumento del anima per rationalisar lo sensibile, multiple e cambiante? ^(WP)

   What is the soul's instrument to perceive by reason the sensory, multiple, and variable?

2. (relative) which

   Secundo Jamblicho, le mathematica es le medio per qual le anima da unitate a lo diverse e es capabile de rationalisar le ordine de lo sensibile. ^(WP)

   According to Iamblichus, mathematics is the medium by which the soul gives unity to the diverse and is capable of perceiving by reason the order of the sensory.