"quality control" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-quality control.wav [US] Forms: quality controls [plural]
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  1. A control, such as inspection or testing, introduced into an industrial or business process to ensure quality. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (control by inspection or testing): مُرَاقَبَةُ الْجَوْدَة (murāqabatu l-jawda) (Arabic), 質量管理 /质量管理 (zhìliàng guǎnlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 質量控制 /质量控制 (zhìliàng kòngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 質量管控 /质量管控 (zhìliàng guǎnkòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 品控 (pǐnkòng) (Chinese Mandarin), kwaliteitscontrole [masculine] (Dutch), laadunvalvonta (Finnish), contrôle qualité [masculine] (French), Qualitätskontrolle [feminine] (German), Qualitätsprüfung [feminine] (German), ποιοτικός έλεγχος (poiotikós élenchos) [masculine] (Greek), έλεγχος ποιότητας (élenchos poiótitas) [masculine] (Greek), minőség-ellenőrzés (Hungarian), kendali mutu (Indonesian), pengendalian mutu (Indonesian), kontrol kualitas (Indonesian), 品質管理 (hinshitsu kanri) (Japanese), 품질관리 (pumjilgwalli) (alt: 品質管理) (Korean), کنترل کیفیت (kontorol-e keyfiyyat) (Persian), kontrola jakości [feminine] (Polish), контро́ль ка́чества (kontrólʹ káčestva) [masculine] (Russian), kalite kontrolü (Turkish), nitelik denetimi (Turkish), kiểm tra chất lượng (Vietnamese)

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