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  • 101quarter-finalist — quarter finalists N COUNT A quarter finalist is a person or team that is competing in a quarter final …

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  • 102quarter-hour — [kwôrt′ər our′] n. 1. fifteen minutes 2. the point marking the first quarter or third quarter of an hour …

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  • 103quarter-miler — quarter milˈer noun An athlete whose speciality is the 400 metres or quarter mile race • • • Main Entry: ↑quarter …

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  • 104quarter-pounder — quarter poundˈer noun A burger weighing a quarter of a pound • • • Main Entry: ↑quarter …

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  • 105Quarter-deck — Quar ter deck , n. (Naut.) That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. [1913 Webster] Note: The quarter deck is reserved as a promenade for the officers and (in passenger vessels) for the cabin… …

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  • 106quarter binding — quarter bound /kwawr teuhr bownd /, adj. a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper. Cf. full binding, half binding, three quarter binding. [1910 15] * * * …

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  • 107Quarter Video Graphics Array — (también conocido como Quarter VGA or QVGA) es un término usado para referirse a una pantalla de ordenador con una resolución de 320x240 píxeles. Las pantallas QVGA son las más frecuentes en teléfonos móviles y PDA s. Normalmente estas pantallas… …

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  • 108Quarter Horse —   [ kwɔːtə hɔːs, englisch], aus dem Westen der USA und aus Kanada stammende, zunehmend weltweit gezüchtete Pferderasse, 150 155 cm schulterhohe Tiere mit edlem, kurzem Kopf und kurzem Rücken; Kruppenpartie besonders muskulös ausgebildet. Das… …

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  • 109quarter note — n AmE a musical note which continues for a quarter of the length of a ↑whole note British Equivalent: crotchet …

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  • 110quarter-acre block — noun count in Australia, a small piece of land used for building a house on. People who live on quarter acre blocks are considered to have traditional attitudes …

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