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achievement quotient
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Etymology
Origin of aq.
From the Latin word aqua
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Unlike traditional activity tracking methods that focus mainly on steps or workout duration, AQ measures exercise intensity by monitoring heart rate.
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
This year's televised Spring Festival Gala, a state broadcaster-run New Year ritual, featured a sketch that referenced AQ, and one starring humanoid robots caring for a neglected grandmother.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
There would be a single AQ spot available for the best team that’s not in one of the power leagues.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 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
Rich glanced at it, saw that it was labelled aq. dest., and filled up the medicine-bottle, the boy handing the cork, and then gazing sympathetically in the pain-drawn face before him.
From The Bag of Diamonds by Fenn, George Manville
Digital. ʒiiiss. ad. aq. ℔ss. cap. ℥i. altern. horis donec nauseam excitaverit.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William
R. Sal. nitr. sal. diuretic. aa ʒii. pulv. e contrayerv. comp. ʒi. sacchar. ℥i. emuls. commun. ℔i. aq. cinnam. simpl. ℥i. m. capt. cochlear. iv. ter die.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William
Digital. ʒiii. coque in. aq. fontan. ℥xii. ad ℥vi. cola et adde. aq. juniper. comp. ℥ii. sacchar. alb. ℥ss. m. cap. cochlear. i. larg. 4tis horis.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William
Digital. c. ʒiss ad aq. bull. ℥viii. cochl. ii. 4tis horis.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William
Seems like an awful lot of money to be made in just aq few years...
From Newsweek ● Jan. 8, 2010
Another name for goose being aq or ak, we find that its value as a rebus must have been supreme, since it so perfectly expressed the word ak=middle.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
If aq − bp = −1 we obtain the general solution x = bt − cq, y = cp − at, which is of the same form as in the preceding case.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Converting a b into a continued fraction and proceeding as before, we obtain, in the case of aq − bp = 1, x = cq − bt, y = at − cp.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
I, Iris. aq, Anterior chamber of aqueous humour.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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