Quan họ — singing is a Vietnamese folk music style characterized both by its antiphonal nature, with alternating groups of female and male singers issuing musical challenges and responses, and by the fact that most of the songs in the repertoire deal with… … Wikipedia
Quan Ba — ( vi. Quản Bạ) is a district ( huyện ) of Ha Giang Province in the Northeast region of Vietnam … Wikipedia
Quan — (Kwan), Rechnungsmünze in China = 11/3 Thaler … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Quan — Quan, Münze und Gewicht, s.v.w. Kwan (s.d.) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Quan — Quan, chines. Rechnungsmünze = 11/3 Thlr … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
quan — Mot Monosíl·lab Conjunció … Diccionari Català-Català
quan|da|ry — «KWON duhr ee, dree», noun, plural ries. a state of perplexity or uncertainty; dilemma: »Having captured our men, we were in a quandary how to keep them (Theodore Roosevelt). SYNONYM(S): predicament, difficulty, puzzle. ╂[origin unknown] … Useful english dictionary
quan|go — «KWONG g», noun. British. a government body with independent powers: »Quangos cover a large field. The National Enterprise Board…is a quango. So is the Water Services Staff Commission (London Times). ╂[< qu(asi) a(utonomous) n(ational)… … Useful english dictionary
quan|ta — «KWON tuh», noun. plural of quantum: »Quantum theory tells us that light comes in little packages of energy called quanta (John R. Pierce) … Useful english dictionary
quan|ti|fi|er — «KWON tuh FY uhr», noun. 1. Logic. a symbol prefixed to a formula or proposition to express a quantity such as “every,” “all,” or “some.” Quantifiers are studied in functional calculus. 2. Linguistics. a modifier that indicates quantity, such as… … Useful english dictionary
quan|ti|fy — «KWON tuh fy», transitive verb, fied, fy|ing. 1. to determine the quantity of; measure: »Anything that can be quantified ought to be quantified, everything that will submit to scientific measure ought to be measured (Saturday Review). 2. to… … Useful english dictionary
