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1: the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements [syn: {chemical analysis}]

1: in a qualitative manner; "this discoloration qualitatively suggests that the substance is low in inorganic iron"

1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: {choice}, {prime(a)}, {prize}, {select}] 2: of high social status; "people of quality"; ...

1: maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods

1: your personal satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) with the cultural or intellectual conditions under which you live (as distinct from material comfort); "the new art museum is expected to improve the...

1: uneasiness about the fitness of an action [syn: {scruple}, {misgiving}] 2: a mild state of nausea [syn: {queasiness}, {squeamishness}]

1: any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America [syn: {camas}, {camass}, {camosh}, {camash}]

1: genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs [syn: {Camassia}, {genus Camassia}, {genus Quamassia}]

1: tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere [syn: {cypress vine}, {star-glory}, {Indian pink}, {Ipo...

1: Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed [syn: {quandong}, {quandong tree}, {Eucarya acuminata}, {Fusanus acuminatus}] 2: red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam [syn: {qu...

1: a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people" [syn: {predicament}, {p...

1: Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed [syn: {quandang}, {quandong tree}, {Eucarya acuminata}, {Fusanus acuminatus}] 2: the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree [syn: {blue fig}] ...

1: edible nutlike seed of the quandong fruit

1: Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed [syn: {quandong}, {quandang}, {Eucarya acuminata}, {Fusanus acuminatus}] 2: Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leave...

1: QUAsi Non-Governmental Organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government [syn: {quasi-NGO}]

{quantum}

1: of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states [syn: {quantized}]

1: the quality of being measurable [syn: {measurability}]

1: capable of being quantified

1: a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no') 2: the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something

{quantify}

1: (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition [syn: {logical quantifier}] 2: (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many')

1: use as a quantifier 2: express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?" [syn: {measure}] [also: {quantified}]

1: the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory [syn: {quantization}]

1: telecommunications: approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values [syn: {quantize}] 2: apply quantum theory to...

1: expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement; "export wheat without quantitative limitations"; "quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemica...

1: chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance [syn: {quantitative chemical analysis}]

1: chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance [syn: {quantitative analysis}]

1: a relation between magnitudes [syn: {magnitude relation}]

1: in a quantitative manner; "this can be expressed quantitatively"

1: how much there is of something that you can quantify [syn: {measure}, {amount}] 2: an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition" 3: something that has a magnitude and can be repres...

1: a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows) [syn: {charge unit}]

1: the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory [syn: {quantisation}]

1: telecommunications: approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values [syn: {quantise}] 2: apply quantum theory to...

1: of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states [syn: {quantal}]

1: red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam [syn: {quandong}, {quandang}, {native peach}]

1: a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantum in quantum theory 2: (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quant...

1: a theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are...

1: a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons [syn: {QED}]

1: the branch of quantum physics that is concerned with the theory of fields; it was motivated by the question of how an atom radiates light as its electrons jump from excited states

1: (physics) an abrupt transition of an electron or atom or molecule from one quantum state to another with the emission or absorption of a quantum 2: a sudden large increase or advance; "this may not...

1: a sudden large increase or advance; "this may not insure success but it will represent a quantum leap from last summer" [syn: {quantum jump}]

1: the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level; an extension of statistical mechanics based on quantum theory (especially the Pauli exclusion principle)

1: the branch of physics based on quantum theory

1: (physics) a physical theory that certain properties occur only in discrete amounts (quanta)

1: a member of the Siouan people of the Arkansas river valley in Arkansas 2: the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Quapaw people

1: enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease 2: isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease v : place into enforced isolati...

1: under forced isolation especially for health reasons; "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients" [syn: {isolated}]

1: hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/...

1: fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet [syn: {quark}]

1: an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" [syn: {wrangle}, {row}, {words}, {run-in}, {dustup}] 2: an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges v : have a disagre...

1: a disputant who quarrels [syn: {quarreller}]

{quarrel}

1: a disputant who quarrels [syn: {quarreler}]

{quarrel}

1: given to quarreling; "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking"

1: a disposition to fight [syn: {aggressiveness}, {contentiousness}, {belligerence}, {pugnacity}]

{quarry}

1: a man who works in a quarry [syn: {quarryman}]

1: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a man...