AQ

¹ American

abbreviation

Psychology.

achievement quotient.

aq. ² American

abbreviation

water.

AQ ¹ British

abbreviation

achievement quotient
al-Qaeda

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aq. ² British

abbreviation

aqua
aqueous

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aq ³ British

abbreviation

Antarctica

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Etymology

Origin of aq.

From the Latin word aqua

Example Sentences

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Researchers found that people reaching at least 25 AQ points per week significantly lowered their risk of lifestyle related diseases.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

AQ points are earned whenever physical activity raises your heart rate enough to make you slightly out of breath.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

AQ, or Afu in Chinese, now has more than 1,000 expert digital doubles.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Sports first reported the management committee was discussing the 3-3-2-2-1 AQ model.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Let AD meet the curve in P, and the chord BC in Q. P is then the middle point of AQ.

From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Lehmer, Derrick Norman

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