Definition of Quality control

1. Noun. Maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods.

Generic synonyms: Internal Control
Specialized synonyms: Acceptance Sampling

Definition of Quality control

1. Noun. A control, such as inspection or testing, introduced into an industrial or business process to ensure quality. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Quality control

1. In biotechnology, quality control is essential to ensure purified protein pharmaceuticals are indeed pure and that they are intact and maintain their biological activity. (14 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quality Control

qualitative alteration
qualitative analysis
qualitative research
qualitative trait
qualitatively
qualitativeness
qualitatives
qualitied
qualities
quality
quality-adjusted life year
quality-adjusted life years
quality adjusted life year
quality circle
quality control (current term)
quality control chart
quality factor
quality magazine
quality of health care
quality of life
quality time
qualityless
qualityness
qualitywise
qualm
qualmier
qualmiest
qualming
qualmish

Literary usage of Quality control

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the by National Research Council Staff, ebrary, Inc, National Research Council, International Committee, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (1999)
"... ICLAS Monitoring Center Central Institute for Experimental Animals Kawasaki, Japan ROLE OF THE ICLAS MONITORING CENTER IN THE quality control SYSTEM OF ..."

2. Community Mediation Programs: Developments and Challenges by Daniel McGillis (1997)
"An Increased Concern With quality control and Qualifications A recurrent theme in the mediation field in recent years has been an increasing concern for ..."

3. Promoting Adult Learning by Koji Miyamoto (2005)
"Improving quality control, programme assessment and evaluation As noted above, ... Improving quality control of learning provision Although the need to ..."

4. The Education and Training of Industrial Manpower in Japan by Ken Inoue (1985)
"(quality control) circles here, and examine them in relation to ... quality control was originally one of the management techniques imported from the United ..."

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