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  • 11qua — as, in the capacity of, from L. qua, ablative singular fem. of qui who, from PIE *kwo , stem of relative and interrogative pronouns (Cf. O.E. hwa who, hwæt what; Goth. hvas who; Gk. posos how much? ) …

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  • 12qua — [kwā, kwä] prep. [L, abl. sing. fem. of qui, WHO] in the function, character, or capacity of; as [the President qua Commander in Chief] …

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  • 13qua|le — «KWAH lee», noun, plural qua|li|a «KWAH lee uh». Philosophy. a quality thought of apart from any object or real thing; an abstraction. Sweetness is a quale when it is considered separately from any particular thing, such as an apple. ╂[< Latin …

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  • 14QUA — (лат.) в качестве, в силу чего либо, поскольку. Философский энциклопедический словарь. 2010 …

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  • 15Quā — (lat.), sofern als, in der Eigenschaft als …

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  • 16Qua — Qua, lat., als, insofern, z.B. Q. Lieutenant; q. talis, als solcher, als der er sein soll …

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  • 17qua — Latin word meaning in the character or capacity of (SA Bankruptcy.com) United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012 …

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  • 18qua — ► CONJUNCTION formal ▪ in the capacity of. ORIGIN Latin …

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  • 19qua|si|at|om — «KWAY sy AT uhm, zy ; KWAH see , zee », noun. any one of various atomic structures formed by the combination of two or more subatomic particles: »Quasiatoms are generally unstable structures either because they are subject to matter antimatter… …

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  • 20qua|si|pe|ri|od|ic — «KWAY sy PIHR ee OD ihk», adjective. occurring at irregular intervals; having varying periods: »quasiperiodic pulses GX5 1, an X ray source in the constellation Sagittarius…is the first known example of a celestial object with quasiperiodic… …

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