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Quantizing
- verb - apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor; "Quantize gravity"
- approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values
Quarantine
- noun - enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
- isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
- place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England"
Quarreling
- verb - have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
Quartering
- verb - a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
- divide by four; divide into quarters
- divide into quarters; "quarter an apple"
- dividing into four equal parts
- living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
Quickening
- verb - give life or energy to;
- give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
- make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"
- move faster; "The car accelerated"
- show signs of life; "the fetus quickened"
- the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"
- the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
Quietening
- verb - become quiet or quieter;
- cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
- make calm or still;
- reduce sound
Quinacrine
- noun - a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria
Quinaldine
- - A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, C9H6N.CH3, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called also methyl quinoline.
Quinoidine
- - A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several alkaloids.
Radio Link
- noun - a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network