quorum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
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Etymology: Inherited from Middle English quorum (c. 1426), from Anglo-Norman quorum, clipped from the Anglo-Latin wording of commissions in which certain persons were specially designated as members of a body by the words quorum vos unum esse volumus ad etc. (“of whom we want you to be one assigned to etc.”).
Latin quōrum is the masculine genitive plural of the relative pronoun quī (“who”).
Inflected forms:
form: quorums
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: quora
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: qorum
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: qworum
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: quoram
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: corum
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: qorum
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A select body of (usually eminent) justices of the peace, every member of which had to be present to constitute a deciding body; a member of this body. Later more generally: all justices collectively.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.
pos: noun
examples: We can discuss the issue tonight but cannot vote until we have a quorum.
Texas House Democrats’ historic quorum break unexpectedly ended Thursday evening when at least three new Democrats returned to the floor, paving the way for state Republicans to pass restrictive voting legislation.
The surprise turn of events quickly led to public accusations of betrayal among Democrats, as the House now has the required two-thirds of members necessary for a quorum.
They may not be using the same sort of hard-charging tactics we saw in the first Trump administration, when they would deny Republicans quorums for votes in committee or those kinds of things, but what we will see is they’re going to ask hard questions and make made-for-TV moments.
gloss: Distinguished or essential members of any body; a select company.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: The minimum number of votes that a distributed transaction has to obtain in order to be allowed to perform an operation in a distributed system.
pos: noun
Derived words: disappearing quorum
inquorate
quorate
quorum-busting
quorum sensing
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: نِصَاب
roman: niṣāb
lang: Armenian
word: քվորում
roman: kʻvorum
lang: Azerbaijani
word: yetərsay
lang: Bulgarian
word: кворум
roman: kvorum
lang: Catalan
word: quòrum
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 法定人數 /法定人数
roman: fǎdìng rénshù
lang: Dutch
word: quorum
lang: Esperanto
word: kvorumo
lang: French
word: quorum
lang: Georgian
word: კვორუმი
roman: ḳvorumi
lang: German
word: Quorum
lang: Greek
word: απαρτία
roman: apartía
lang: Hebrew
word: מִנְיָן
roman: minyán
lang: Indonesian
word: kuorum
lang: Irish
word: córam
lang: Japanese
word: 定数
roman: teisū
lang: Japanese
word: 定足数
roman: teisokusū
lang: Malay
word: korum
lang: Malay
word: cukupbilang
lang: Persian
word: حد نصاب
roman: hadd-e nesâb
lang: Polish
word: kworum
lang: Polish
word: quorum
lang: Portuguese
word: quórum
lang: Romanian
word: cvorum
lang: Russian
word: кво́рум
roman: kvórum
lang: Spanish
word: cuórum
lang: Spanish
word: quórum
lang: Swedish
word: beslutsmässighet
lang: Swedish
word: kvorum
lang: Tagalog
word: kasapatan
lang: Thai
word: องค์ประชุม
roman: ong-bprà-chum
lang: Thai
word: องค์คณะ
roman: ong-ká-ná
lang: Turkish
word: nisap
lang: Turkish
word: yeter sayı
lang: Urdu
word: حد نصاب
roman: hadd-e-nisāb
lang: Welsh
word: cworwm
lang: Yiddish
word: קוואָרום
roman: kvorum