QUAN

Meaning of QUAN in English

quan-

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Interlingua English vocab. Английский словарь Интерлингва. 2012

QUAN LONG — city in southwest Vietnam
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TAI CHI — also t'ai chi noun Usage: often capitalized T&C Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) tàijíquán, from tàijí the Absolute in Chinese cosmology + …
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PARACEL ISLANDS — Chinese Xisha Qundao or Hsi-sha Ch'ün-tao Vietnamese Quan Dao Hoang Sa Group of about 130 small coral islands and reefs, …
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QUEEN — I. ˈkwēn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English quen, quene, from Old English cwēn woman, wife, queen; akin to …
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T'AI CHI CH'UAN — /tuy" jee" chwahn", chee"/ a Chinese martial art and form of stylized, meditative exercise, characterized by methodically slow circular and …
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TAE KWON DO — /tuy" kwon" doh"/ a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and …
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QUEEN — — queenless , adj. — queenlike , adj. /kween/ , n. 1. a female sovereign or monarch. 2. the wife …
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TAI CHI — also t'ai chi ˈtī-ˈjē, ˈtī-ˈchē Usage: often capitalized T&C Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) tàijíquán, from tàijí the Absolute in Chinese cosmology …
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BOXER — ■ noun a member of a fiercely nationalistic Chinese secret society which flourished in the 19th century. Origin from boxer …
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TAI CHI CHUAN — [tai chi chuan] or t'ai chi ch'uan n, often cap T & both Cs [Chin (Beijing) taijiquan, fr. taiji the …
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SEMIQUANTITATIVE — [semi.quan.ti.ta.tive] adj (1927): constituting or involving less than quantitative precision -- semi.quan.ti.ta.tive.ly adv
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QUANTUM SUFFICIT — [quan.tum suf.fi.cit] [L] foreign term : as much as suffices: a sufficient quantity--used chiefly in medical prescriptions
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QUANTUM MUTATUS AB ILLO — [quan.tum mu.ta.tus ab il.lo] [L] foreign term : how changed from what he once was
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QUANTUM — [quan.tum] n, pl quan.ta [L, neut. of quantus how much] (1567) 1 a: quantity, amount b: portion, part c: gross …
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QUANTIZE — [quan.tize] vt quan.tized ; quan.tiz.ing [quantum] (1922) 1: to subdivide (as energy) into small but measurable increments 2: to calculate …
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QUANTITY — [quan.ti.ty] n, pl -ties [ME quantite, fr. MF quantite, fr. L quantitat-, quantitas, fr. quantus how much, how large; akin …
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QUANTITATIVE — [quan.ti.ta.tive] adj [ML quantitativus, fr. L quantitat-, quantitas quantity] (1581) 1: of, relating to, or expressible in terms of quantity …
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QUANTITATE — [quan.ti.tate] vt -tat.ed ; -tat.ing [back-formation fr. quantitative] (1927) 1: to measure or estimate the quantity of; esp: to measure …
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QUANTIFY — [quan.ti.fy] vt -fied ; -fy.ing [ML quantificare, fr. L quantus how much] (ca. 1840) 1 a (1): to limit by …
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QUANTIFIER — [quan.ti.fi.er] n (1876): one that quantifies: as a: a prefixed operator that binds the variables in a logical formula by …
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QUANTIFICATION — [quan.ti.fi.ca.tion] n (ca. 1840): the operation of quantifying -- quan.ti.fi.ca.tion.al adj -- quan.ti.fi.ca.tion.al.ly adv
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QUANTAL — [quan.tal] adj (1933) 1 [L quanti how many, pl. of quantus]: of, relating to, or having only two experimental alternatives …
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QUANDARY — [quan.da.ry] n, pl -ries [origin unknown] (1579): a state of perplexity or doubt
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PIQUANCY — [pi.quan.cy] n (1664): the quality or state of being piquant
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DISQUANTITY — [dis.quan.ti.ty] vt (1605) obs: diminish, lessen
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ALIQUANDO BONUS DORMITAT HOMERUS — [ali.quan.do bo.nus dor.mi.tat Ho.me.rus] [L] foreign term : sometimes (even) good Homer nods
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VIETNAM — officially Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Vietnamese Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam, country occupying the eastern part of …
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