[MD] Dynamic Quality

X Acto xacto at rocketmail.com
Fri Nov 21 10:22:18 PST 2008


dy⋅nam⋅ic  
–adjective Also, dy⋅nam⋅i⋅cal. 
1. pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic: 
the dynamic president of the firm.  
2. Physics. 
a. of or pertaining to force or power. 
b. of or pertaining to force related to motion.  
3. pertaining to the science of dynamics. 
4. of or pertaining to the range of volume of musical sound. 
5. Computers. (of data storage, processing, or programming) affected by the passage of time or 
the presence or absence of power: Dynamic memory must be constantly refreshed to avoid losing data.  
6. Grammar. nonstative.  –noun 
7. a basic or dynamic force, esp. one that motivates, affects development or stability, etc. 

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Origin: 
1810–20; < F dynamique < Gk dynamikós, equiv. to dýnam(is) force, power + -ikos -ic 



qual⋅i⋅ty
noun, plural -ties, adjective 
–noun 
1. an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute: the chemical qualities of alcohol.  
2. character or nature, as belonging to or distinguishing a thing: the quality of a sound.  
3. character with respect to fineness, or grade of excellence: food of poor quality; silks of fine quality.  
4. high grade; superiority; excellence: wood grain of quality.  
5. a personality or character trait: kindness is one of her many good qualities.  
6. native excellence or superiority. 
7. an accomplishment or attainment. 
8. good or high social position: a man of quality.  
9. the superiority or distinction associated with high social position. 
10. Acoustics. the texture of a tone, dependent on its overtone content, that distinguishes it from 
others of the same pitch and loudness. 
11. Phonetics. the tonal color, or timbre, that characterizes a particular vowel sound. 
12. Logic. the character of a proposition as affirmative or negative. 
13. Thermodynamics. the proportion or percentage of vapor in a mixture of liquid and vapor, as wet steam. 
14. social status or position. 
15. a person of high social position: He's quality, that one is.  –adjective 
16. of or having superior quality: quality paper.  
17. producing or providing products or services of high quality or merit: a quality publisher.  
18. of or occupying high social status: a quality family.  
19. marked by a concentrated expenditure of involvement, concern, or commitment: Counselors are 
urging that working parents try to spend more quality time with their children.  

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Origin: 
1250–1300; ME qualite < OF < L quālitās, equiv. to quāl(is) of what sort + -itās -ity 

Ron:
Dynamic Quality : "The force of distinction"    what is this force? depends on the observer.
when observers verify a particular force of distinction, it is no longer "dynamic".

Another way to describe it is that Dynamic Quality is relational quality.
What Quality IS is relational to a specific expereince.


Quality is composed of 4 static levels and DQ


      


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