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  • R.Q.
    R.Q.
    abbreviation
    respiratory quotient.
  • RQ
    RQ
    abbreviation
    respiratory quotient

R.Q.

American  

abbreviation

  1. respiratory quotient.


RQ British  

abbreviation

  1. respiratory quotient

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The research team chose to target the adaptive metabolic process of the parasitic worm because RQ is only present in the parasite's system -- humans do not produce or use RQ.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2024

AstraZeneca's AZD3152, it new COVID-19 antibody, was acquired through a $157 million deal last year with British biotech start-up RQ Bio.

From Reuters • Apr. 18, 2023

“TikTok is fast paced, it’s funny,” said Brian Salzman, the C.E.O. of RQ Agency, which builds relationships between companies and influencers who do advertisements for them.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2019

RQ: So why do you side with him?

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2018

To the three festivals RQ adds the great day of atonement, which arose out of the fast-days of the exile III.IV.1.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

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