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`gVlty Clr1cle, a group ·of workers performing simi-
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`lll(llelhing. 9. 1",> get autl_i<?rity, lice_nse, power, etc., quanta or quantwn mechanics. (1915-20; QUANT(UM) + mechanics of atoms, molecules, and other physical sys(cid:173)
`terns that are subject to the uncertainty principle. Abbr.:
`' JfiJJing reqwred cond1tioru,; taking an oath, etc.
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`·",ts. to demonstrate the required ability in an ini- quan•tlC (kwonltik), n. Math. a rational, integral, ho- QM Cf nonrelatlvlstlc quantum mechanics, relatlvls(cid:173)
`tic quantum mechanics. (1920--25] --quanltum-me•
`popreJiminary contest: He qualified in the trials. mogeneous function of two or more variables. [1850--55;
`chan'l•cal, adj.
`r f,re a rifle or pistol on a target range for a score < L quant(us) how much + -IC]
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`'" ou h to achieve a rating of marksman, sham-
`,,no! expert. 12. Mil. to pass a practical test-in Qui,n,tl,co (kwon'ti kOI), n. a U.S. Marine Corps base quan m num
`r, Ph;Ysics. 1. any integer or
`fer,. 13. Law. to perform the actions neceBBary to
`. of an odd integer that distinguishes one of the discrete
`and 'development B?d education command in _NE Vir-
`states of a quantum-mechanical system. 2. any number
`. reylegal power or. c_:J'acity: By filing a bond and '. g,rua, NE of Fredencksburg on the Potomac River...
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`[1525-35 ML
`that distinguishes among different members of a family
`. quan•tl•fl,er. (kwon'ta filar), n. 1. Logic. an expres-
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`;~n ooth ~e qua ' '
`as. executor.
`of elementary particles. [1915-20]
`-,., eqmv. to L qulil{,s) of w:hat ~rt i -,f!:care
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`sion, as "all" or "some," that indicates the quantity of a
`, _.qualol•fl•ca•to•ry (kwol'a fl ka tor're, -torli;), proposition. Cf. exlstentlal quantifier, unlvers,i quan- quan1 tum op'tics, the ·branch of optics dealing with
`'_.quaVl•fY'l'.'S•hr; adv.
`tlfler. 2. a w:ord, esp. a modifier, that indicates the
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`light as a stream of photons, each possessing a quantum
`t,n. 1. fit, swt, adapt, p,:epare, equip. 2. narrow, quantity of something. (1875-80; QUANTllPY + -ea']
`of energy proportional to the frequency of light when it
`cJ; See modify. 4. meliorate, soften, temper, re-
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`is considered as a wave motion.
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`quan.•t • . Skwon'ta fit), v.t., -fled, ·fy•lns. 1 • to de- quanttum state'. Physics.
`1 diminish. 5. designate, label.
`the condition in which a
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`termme, mdicate, or express the quantity of. 2. Log,c.
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`to make explicit the quantity of (a proposition) .. 3. to physical system exists, usually describe
`y a wave ,unc-
`ed with 9uali\Y ~r . q_u,1bt1es. ·· [l_?~0::-10; < LL , give quantity to (something regarded as having only
`tion or a set of quantum numbers. (1920-25)
`(1830-40; < ML quantificor~, equiv. to L quanltum ·statl.,tlcS, Physics, Chem. the branch of
`iUiliVUB, eqwv. ~ qualitat- (s, of quahtas) QUALITY
`quality).
`jvus -1vE] -qual l•taltlve-ly, adv.
`-quanltl;fV•
`quant(us) how much +
`-ificli.re -rFY]
`statistical mechanics that incorporates quantum me(cid:173)
`ltatlve anal,ysls, Chem. the analysis of'a sub-
`a•ble, adj. -quan1tl•flla•bly. adv. -quan1tl•fi•Cal•
`chanics. Cf Bose-Einstein statistics. f"erml-Oirac sta-
`~ in order to ascertain the nature of its chemical· tlon, ~-
`tlstlcs,' statistical mechanics. [1930--35]
`quan•'tile (kwonltll; -ti!), n. Statistics. one of the ciaBB quan•tum suf•fl•cit
`tituents. Cf. quantitative ·analysls. (1835-45]
`(kwii.n'tdom sllof'i kit; Eng.
`j,ty (kwol'i te), n., pl. -ties, adJ. -n. 1. an es-
`ofvalt<~S ofa. variate that divides the t.o.tal frequency of kwon'tam sufla sit), Latin.
`as much as suffices;
`•al or distinctive characteristic, property, or attrib-
`a sample or population into a given number of equal pro- · enough.
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`. ·,he chemical _qualities o( alco"?L . 2. char~cter or porti~Dll- Cf. declle, p~rcentlle, . quartile, .qulntlle. quan'tum the-'ory, Physics. 1. any theory predating
`ure, as belong,ng to. or distini:=9hing a thi_ng: the
`[1935-140; QUANT(ITY) + -,le n. suffix, on the model of
`,quantum mechanics that encompassed Planck's radiation
`/il)I of a sound. 3. character with resi;>ect to fmeneBB, PERC~ILE]
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`formula and a scheme for obtaining discrete energy
`,tade of excellence: f~od of p~or q':ality; silks of fine quarr-tl•tate (kwon'ti tat!), v.t., -tat•ed, -tat•lng.
`to
`states for atoms, as Bohr theory. 2. any theory that
`. ity. 4. high grade, supen~nty, excell.ence: wo~ detennine. the quantity of, esp. with precision. [1955-:-60; , .treats certain phenomena by the methods of quantum
`n of 9uahty. 5. a personality or .c1.1aracter ~t: QUANTIT{Y) + -ATE'] -quan-'tl•ta'tlon, n.
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`mechanics: a quantum theory of gravitation. (1910--15]
`ess 18 one of her many good qualities. 6. native
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`llence or superiority. 7. an accomplishment or at- quan,tl•ta~tlve
`1 .. that 1s or Qu~ntz (kvants), n. Jo 0hann Jo•a•«:him (yiYhan yola-
`(kwon'ti. ta1 t1v), acij.
`enl 8, good or high social position: a man of may be_ estimated by _quantity. 2: of or pertairung to ~he KHlm),
`1697-1773, German flutist and composer:
`ii:)>. 9. the superiority or distinction associated with descr1bm11 or measurmg of quantity .. 3. of or pertammg
`teacher of Frederick the Great.
`to a,metnc~ system, as that of classical verse, based on Quan•zhou (chwlinljo'), n. Pinyin.
`h social position. 10. Acoustic& the tex~"-!'e ef_a,ton~,
`a seaport in SE
`ndent on ,ts overtone content, that distingwshes 1t
`the alternation of long and short, rather t~B? accented Fujian province, in SE China, on Taiwan Strait. 130,000.
`and unaccented, syllables. 4. of or perta1mng to the Also Chuanchow Formerly Tslnklang.
`others of the same pitch and loudneBB. 11. P/ionet.
`t,,:malcolor,ortimbre,thatcharacterizesaparticular' length_o_f_aspoken_vowelorconsonant. (1575-86; <.~L Q
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`ua O (kwa o), n . . a male day name for Thursday. See
`1 souod. 12. Logic .. the character of a proposition quanntat,vus., equiv. to L <zuant,tlit-
`(s. of quantitas)
`'ivus -IVE] --quan'tl 0taltlve 0 ly, quan'tl• under day name.
`l!'firmative or negative. 13. Thermodynam. t~ pro-
`QUANTITY +
`tlve•IY, adv.
`-quan1tl•ta1t\ve•neH, quan1tlotlve, Qua,.paw
`(kwol'pcY), n., pl. -paws, (esp. collectively)
`·on or percentage of vapor in a mixture of liquid and
`r, a.a wet steam. · 14. social status or position. 15. a ness, n.
`paw for 1. 1. a member •of a North American lridiari
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`11 of high social position, He's quality, that .one is. quan'tltative analtysls, Chem.
`the analysis of a. people formerly of Arkansas, now Jiving mostly in
`sub~tance to determine the . amounts and proportions of northeastern Oklahon;,.a. 2. the Siouan language of the
`· 16. of or having superior quality: quality paper.
`its phernical constituents. Cf. qualltatlve analysl1. Quapaw,
`I. producing _or providing pro~ucts or services of high
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`qua,qua,'ver•sal (kwa/kwa vilr'sal), adJ. ·{ofa geolog(cid:173)
`hty or ment: a q~ality pubhshe,. 18. of or occupy-
`[1840-50]
`lugh social status .. 0 quality.family. 19· marked by a q·uan'tltatlva genet'ics. See population genetics.
`ical formation) sloping downward from the center in all
`directions. (1720-30; < L quliqua vers(us) lit., whereso(cid:173)
`entrated_ expenditure of mvolvement, con~ern, or
`tment. Counselors are ur~ing t_hat workm~_ par- quanltltatlve lnher'itance, Genet(cs.
`-AL'] -qua'qua•
`the process
`ever turned, turned everywhere +
`· in which the additive action of numerous 11enes results in ver'sal-ly adv·
`ta try to spend more quality time with their ch,ldren.
`50-1300; ME qualite < OF < L qu/ilitlis, equiv. to
`a trait, as height, sho\Ving continuous vanability. Cf. po-
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`!(is) of what sort+ -itlis -1TY] -qual'l•ty•leH, .CJCU.
`lysehlc Inheritance. [1925-30]
`quar .. 1. quarter. 2. quarterly.
`Syn. 1• tral\, charac.ter, fea~. QUALITY, AT1'!'11!0TE. quan,tl•ty (kwon'ti ·te), n., pl. -ties. 1. a particular or quar•an•tlrie • (kw6r1 an ten1 , kwor1 -, kworlan· ten',
`indefinite amount of anything: a · small quantity of milk; kwor'-), n. , v., -tined, -tln•lns. -n. 1. a strict isolation
`ERTY agre,; m meawng a p~1cular .char~c~n~t1c (of
`the ocean. 's vast quantity of fish. 2. an exact or specified
`imposed to p_revent the spread of disease. 2. a period,
`pe,.-in or thmg), A QUALITY _,s a character:,,stic, innate
`amount or measure: Mix the ingredient~ in the quanti:
`•cqull'ed, th'!t, tn some particuJru:, dete_nrunes the na-
`originally 401daya, of detention or isolation imposed upon
`ties called for. 3. a considerable or great amount: to ex-
`!'~d behav,~r of a person or thing: naturaln!'-'• as a
`ships, persons, animals, or plants on arrival at a port or
`tract ore in quantity. 4. Math. a. the property of mag-
`h~ the qu_al,ty of meat. An A1TRIBUTE was ong,n~lly
`place, when suspected of carrying some infectious or
`oontagious disease. 3. a system of measures maintained
`qua _ty ~ttributed,. usuaµy to a person or something nitude involving comparability with other magnitudes,
`rufied, more r!""ently ,t has meant a fundamental or b. something having magnitude, or size, extent, amount, by governmental authority at ports, frontiers, etc., for
`. te •h~ractenst,c: an att,:,bute of Goel; <ittr~butes of a or the like. c. magnitude, size, volume, area, or length. preventing the spread of disease. 4. the branch of the
`""'1 m~nd. PROPER'_rY appli<:9 °"f{,, t'? thmgs; it m_eans a 5. Music. the length or duration of a note. 6. Logic. the gov_ernmen~I service concerned with such measures. 5.
`I :,it.en~1~ bel~ngjng. spec1fica Y ~n the C0!18titution
`character of a proposition as singular, universal, particu-
`a place or station at which such measures. are carried
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`roun !mvafria ly)_ m, the beh~vior of a thing: phys-
`lar, or mixed, according to the presence or absence of out, as a special port or dock where ships are detained.
`dp operhes O ura'!'!'m or of limestone. 3. nature, . certain kinds of quantifiers. 7. that amount, degree, 6. the detention or isolation enforced. 7. the place, esp.
`etc., in terins of which another is greater or lesser. ·a.
`' grade, sort, coodit 1on.
`a hospital, where people are detained. 8. a period of 40
`Pros., Phonet. the relative duration or length of a sound days . . 9. social, political, or economic isolation imposed
`duties who meet periodically to discuss work,related or a syllable, with respect to the time spent in pronounc-
`as a punishment, as in ostracizing an individual or en(cid:173)
`ing it; length. 9. La·w. the nature of an estate as
`forcing sanctions against a foreign state. -v.t. 10. to
`Jllema, offer suggestions for improved production or
`put in or subject to qW!!antine. 11. to exclude, detain,
`affected by its duration in time. [1250-1300; ME quan-
`uct quality, etc. [1975-80]
`tile < OF < L quantitlis, equiv. to quant(us) how much or_iwlate for poli~cal, socid.l, or hygienic reas_ons. (1600-
`mng a desired level of quality·in a product or process + - itiis -ITY]
`10, < ~t q~ara. !"tma, v. ar. of quara. ntena, orig. Up~er It
`e&r<:f\JI planning, use ofpfoper ·equipment, continued quan,tlze (kwon'tlz), v.t., -tlzed, -tlz•lns. 1. Math.,
`(Venetian). penod of forty day;', /!1'~up of forty; deriv'tof
`quaranta forty < < L ~uadragmta] -quar an•tln a•
`.!ll)eetion, and corrective action as required. [1930-35] Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete. val-
`•l•ty-of-llfe (kwolli tl!i av lifl), adj. affecting the ues rather than to a continuous set of values. 2. Physics. ble, <;dJ· :--<iuar'~nh•tln er, n .
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`to change the description of (a physical system) from quar _antme ~n C orage, an anch. orage .for ships
`lity of urban life: such quality-of-life crimes 08 fare-
`ttng and graffiti writing. [1940-45]
`classical to quantum-mechanical, usually resulting in
`awruting a prstique.
`Qlllty patperback. See trade paperback.
`discrete values for observable guantities, as energy or quarlantln• flag/, Naut .. a yellow flag,_ designating
`uaVlty • oi
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`· angular momentum. Also, esp. Brit., quan1 tlse. (1920-
`the letter Q m the lriternat1onal Code of Signals: flown
`P ntl, Educ. See srade point.
`25; QUANT(UM) + -IZE] -quan1tl•zaltlon, n.
`by itself. to signify that a ship has no disease on board
`talllty P01nt1 avlaraga, Educ. •See ctade point quan,tong (kwon'tongl), n. quandong.
`and requests . a pratique, or flown with ano~her flag to
`eraae. [1970-75]
`Ouan•trlll
`(kwon'tnl), n. Wllllam Clarke, 1837-65,
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`signify that there is disease on board ship. Also called
`yellow flas. [lS70-75J
`~l'ify time', time devoted exclusively. to nurturing
`t:<>nfederate guerrilla leader.
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`quark (kwork, kwii.rk), n. Physics. any of the hypothet-
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`cher1ahed person or activity .. (1985-90]
`quan,tum (kwon'tam), n., pl. •ta (-ta), adj. ~n. l, ical particles with spjn •;., baryon number 'lo, and electric
`lm (kwiim k
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`Im. ~t~~ r~ to conduct; compu_nction: .He has . no particular amount. 3. a share or portion. 4. a large . . are be!ie'ved to •constitute all the elementary !?articles
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`• an uneasy ,ee '!IS" or pang quantity or amount: the least quantum of evidence. 2. a
`, worn , n.
`conac
`charge •;, or -1/, that together with their antiparticles,
`. Yl!"ll, 2. a sudden feeling of apprehensive quantity; bulk. 5. Physics. a. the smallest quantity of classed as baryons and mesons; they are dietingwshed by
`aain
`he u::/u~sg,3ving: a sudden qu(!-lm about the suCl"'ss
`radiant energy,.equal to Planck's constant times the fre-
`· their flavors, designated as u_p (u), down (d), strange (s),
`quency of the associated radiation. b. the fundamental charm (c), bottom or beauty (b), and top or truth (t);and
`• a sudden sensation o~ o~et of fau:,.t-
`or illne •
`their colors, red, green, and blue. Cf. color (def. 18),
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`98, esp. of nausea. [1520-30, ong. uncert.J
`unit of a quantized physical magnitude, as angular mo-
`rh~lsh {kwiilmish, kw/V-), acij. 1. tending to have, mentum .. -adj. 6. sudden and significant: a quantum
`flavor
`(def. 5), quantum chromodynamlcs, quark
`[1610--20; n. use of neut. of L model. (coined in 1963 by U.S. physicist Murray Gell(cid:173)
`lure , , qualms. 2. naull00us; nauseated. 3. of the
`increase in )'.iroductivity.
`AIJo< 0 a qualm. 4. likely to ·cauee qualms. (1540--00; quantui. how much-]
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`-qualmllsh• quan'tum chem'lstry, the application of quantum F(nnegans Wake, read VB;riouslr as E quark croak and G
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`mechanics to the study of chemical phenomena.
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`quailttum chromodyriarn'lcs, Physics. a qua;,twn. quark' mod/el, Physics. a scheme that explains the
`(kwom'ash, kwa mash1 ), n. camass.
`~ •min (kwii.'min), n. a male day name for Saturday.
`field theory that describes quarks and gluons and their quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by as-
`under day name. Also, Qua•me (kwii.lme).
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`interactions, with the color of the' quarka playinJLa role
`awning that baryons are com_posed_ of ~hr•~ guarks and
`tlonah . (kw .. ,
`analogous to that of electric charge. Abbr.: ~D Also mesons of a quark and an anti quark, with different com-
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`i7<HJo; er~certainty, esp. 118 to w!.'at to do_; di~el)ll?a-
`field and its interaction with electrons and positrons. meson composed of a ·quark and an antiquark of the
`· fanciful_ly < L quand(o) when + -are mf. . Abbr.: QED . [1925-30].
`same flavor. (1975-80; QUARK + -ON' + -IUM, on the
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`Sydonn. See predicament. ·
`quan'tum field' t.helory, Physics. any theory in
`'tmode11. of POBI~RONIU"':. and similarly named particles]
`n,
`uar es (kworlz, kwarlz), n, Francll, 1592-1644, Eng-
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`which fields are treated by the methods 6f quantum me-
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`chaoics; each field can then be regarded as consisting of .
`·ah poet.
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`•seed,. 2. the fruit, or the seed or nut. Also, quan'• particles of a particular kind, which may be created and ~ua_r•n. e•ro (_It. kwaR ne'ao),_n. Gulf of, an arm ofth.e
`ti s
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`annihilated. [1945-50]
`d
`one. (1830-40; <· Wiradjuri gul,!)andhav J
`uan.'
`r1a c ea, m
`ugo.,,avia ..
`;··•t,o
`(kwanglgo), n., pl. -sos. a government or- quan'tum jump', 1. Physics. an abrupt transition of
`.on a
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`a system described by quantum mechanics from one of c0Nc1BE. P~ONUNClATION u:v: act. cape, ilare, piirt; set, equal; if, ice;
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`• [ ~ency, or 0ther b.ody that operates autono-
`its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in ox, over, order, oil, lxiok, boo4 ou~ up, urge: child; sing; shoe: thin,
`Usly
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`·1 z75-80; qu(asi)-a(utoh.omous) n(ational) an atom to an orbit of lower energy.- 2. any sudden and
`that; zh as in treasure. a= a as in alone, e as in system, i as·fn
`Vern.·ni
`!l,ln:t! (kwonlta), ;,, pl. of quart.tum.
`111 t enta ) o(rganization)]
`sigftificant change, advance, or increase. Also called easily, o as in gallop, u as in circus; • Bs in fire (fi9r), hour (ou'r).
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`quan'tum leapl. [1925-30]
`I and n can serve as syllabic consonants, as in cradle (kriid11), and
`(kwonltl), adj. Physics. of or pertaining to quan,tum mechan'lcs, Physics.
`a theory of the button (buVii): See the full key inside the front cover.
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`nu, acuminv:ir~. ~::ri~in~ rruit ~th~ edibi!,-:~r~
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