Q, q
[kyoo]
- the 17th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- any spoken sound represented by the letter Q or q, as in quick, acquit, or Iraq.
- something having the shape of a Q.
- a written or printed representation of the letter Q or q.
- a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter Q or q.
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q.s.
1- (in prescriptions) as much as is sufficient; enough.
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Origin of q.s.
1From the Latin word quantum sufficit
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Examples from the Web for qs
Contemporary Examples of qs
The music stopped at points and the qs would have been audible to him...
Historical Examples of qs
Note the tails of the Qs are turned to the left to clear the writing.
Writing & Illuminating, & LetteringEdward Johnston
"He says there are not any fleas on Qs," said Mollie with a reproving glance at Whistlebinkie.
Mollie and the Unwiseman AbroadJohn Kendrick Bangs
If the Qs or the Xs were gone, it wouldn't so much matter; but there's hardly a word that hasn't at least one E in it.
Phaeton RogersRossiter Johnson
qs
- (in prescriptions) quantum sufficit
- quarter section (of land)
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Word Origin for qs
(sense 1) Latin: as much as will suffice
QS
- quarter sessions
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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q.s.
- quantum satis (as much as is enough)
- quantum sufficiat (as much as shall suffice)
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