Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,726,310,039 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

quality control

   Also found in: Medical, Legal, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
quality control
n.
A system for ensuring the maintenance of proper standards in manufactured goods, especially by periodic random inspection of the product.

quali·ty-con·trol (kwl-t-kn-trl) adj.

quality control
n
(Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) control of the relative quality of a manufactured product, usually by statistical sampling techniques
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.quality controlquality control - maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods
internal control - an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc.
acceptance sampling - a statistical procedure for accepting or rejecting a batch of merchandise or documents; involves determining the maximum number of defects discovered in a sample before the entire batch is rejected
Translations
quality control ncontrollo (di) qualità
quality control ncontrollo (di) qualità


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.