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Quadraphonic SystemnounMWEa stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system using four separate channelsverified
Quadratic EquationnounMWEan equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a squareverified
Quadric SurfacenounMWEa curve or surface whose equation, in Cartesian coordinates, is of the second degreeverified
Quail BushnounMWEspiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexicoverified
qualified personnelnounMWEA person who is certified or licensed to work in a specific field; competent person.verified
Qualifying AdjectivenounMWEan adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that nounverified
Qualitative AssessmentnounMWEUse of a set of methods, principles, or rules for assessing risk based on nonnumeric categories or levels.verified
Quality AssurancenounMWEThe purpose of this function is to review the software project activities and to test the software products throughout their life cycle in order to determine if they are meeting the functional specifications of the users and are following the established plans, standards, and procedures to maintain a desired level of quality for a service or product.verified
Quality of LifenounMWEyour personal satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the cultural or intellectual conditions under which you live, as distinct from material comfortverified
Quality of ServicenounMWEThe measurable end-to-end performance properties of a network service, which can be guaranteed in advance by a Service-Level Agreement between a user and a service provider, so as to satisfy specific customer application requirements. Note: These properties may include throughput (bandwidth), transit delay (latency), error rates, priority, security, packet loss, packet jitter, etc.verified
Quantitative AnalysisnounMWEchemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substanceverified
Quantitative AssessmentnounMWEUse of a set of methods, principles, or rules for assessing risks based on the use of numbers where the meanings and proportionality of values are maintained inside and outside the context of the assessment.verified
Quantity UnitnounMWEa measure of the quantity of electricity, determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flowsverified
Quantum ElectrodynamicsnounMWEa relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muonsverified
Quantum Field TheorynounMWEthe branch of quantum physics that is concerned with the theory of fieldsverified
Quantum JumpnounMWEan abrupt transition of an electron, atom, or molecule from one quantum state to another with the emission or absorption of a quantumverified
Quantum MechanicsnounMWEthe branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic levelverified
Quantum TheorynounMWEa theory in physics that energy consists of discrete units of energy, called quantaverified
Quarter DaynounMWEquarter days were the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, school terms started, and rents were due, falling on four religious festivals roughly three months apart and close to the two solstices and two equinoxesverified
Quarter HorsenounMWEa small powerful horse originally bred for sprinting in quarter-mile races in Virginiaverified
Quarter RoundnounMWEa convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipseverified
Quarter SectionnounMWEa land unit equal to a quarter of a mile, or 160 acres, and measuring half a mile on a sideverified
Quarter SessionsnounMWEa local court with criminal jurisdiction and sometimes administrative functionsverified
Quartz CrystalnounMWEa thin plate or small rod of quartz cut along certain lines and ground so that it can produce an electric signal at a constant frequencyverified
Quartz LampnounMWEa mercury-vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass containerverified
Quartz OscillatornounMWEan oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystalverified
Quasi ContractnounMWEa contract created by law for reasons of justice without any expression of assentverified
Quellung ReactionnounMWEthe swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibodyverified
Quenched SteelnounMWEsteel that has been hardened by immersing it in water or oil to cool itverified
Query LanguagenounMWEa source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executedverified
Question MarknounMWEa punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a questionverified
Question of FactnounMWEa disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decideverified
Question of LawnounMWEa disputed legal contention that is generally left for a judge to decideverified
Question TimenounMWEa period during a parliamentary session when members of British Parliament may ask questions of the ministersverified
Quirk BeadnounMWEbeading formed with a narrow groove separating it from the surface it decoratesverified
Quo WarrantonounMWEa hearing to determine by what authority someone has an office, franchise or libertyverified
Quotation MarknounMWEone of a set of punctuation marks " " or ' ' used to enclose a quoted passageverified
Quotient VerdictnounMWEan improper and unacceptable kind of compromise verdict in which monetary damages are decided upon by averaging what each juror believes to be the proper amountverified
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