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qual

See also: Qual, QUAL, quál, and qual'

English

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Etymology

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Shortening.

Noun

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qual (countable and uncountable, plural quals)

  1. (usually in the plural) Qualifying exam. An exam taken by someone (usually a grad student or prospective grad student) to measure their mastery in something, usually an academic field.
    • 2000, Stephen Cannell, The Devil's Workshop: A Novel, HarperCollins, page 12:
      He'd refused to say anything more, because he didn't want to distract her with his problems on the eve of the Quals.
    • 2004, Emanuel Derman, My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance, John Wiley & Sons, page 30:
      To be a theorist, you also had to pass a special theory section on the quals.
  2. (uncountable) Qualitative analysis or research.
    • 2015, Nigel Clark, Professional Services Marketing Handbook: How to Build Relationships, Grow Your Firm and Become a Client Champion, London: Kogan Page Publishers, page 70:
      We believe there is a role for both qual and quant in professional services.
  3. (sports) Alternative form of quali

Adjective

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qual (not comparable)

  1. Short for qualitative.
    • 2012, Judith M. Meloy, Twenty-first Century Learning by Doing, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, page 24:
      Finally, in the school of education, I found coursework that included qual and quant methodology.

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For more quotations using this term, see Citations:qual.

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin quālis.

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Pronoun

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qual (relative, plural quals)

  1. which
    És un cop del qual no es va recuperar.
    It's a blow from which he is has not recovered.

Adjective

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qual (plural, dialectal masculine plural quals, dialectal feminine quala, dialectal feminine plural quales)

  1. (interrogative, archaic, Balearic, Alghero) which, what

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Interlingua

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Adverb

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qual (not comparable)

  1. what (such)

Determiner

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qual

  1. (relative) which
    Le doctrina de Jamblicho super le anima es sin dubita inspirate per le Timeo de Platon, in qual texto le autor depinge le anima como le mediation inter lo intelligibile indivisibile – le idea – e lo sensibile divisibile e multiple.(WP)
    Iamblichus' doctrine about the soul is without a doubt inspired by Plato's Timaeus, in which text the author depicts the soul as the mediation between the indivisible intelligible — the idea — and the divisible and multiple sensory.

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qual

  1. (interrogative) what
    Qual es le instrumento del anima per rationalisar lo sensibile, multiple e cambiante? (WP)
    What is the soul's instrument to perceive by reason the sensory, multiple, and variable?
  2. (relative) which
    Secundo Jamblicho, le mathematica es le medio per qual le anima da unitate a lo diverse e es capabile de rationalisar le ordine de lo sensibile. (WP)
    According to Iamblichus, mathematics is the medium by which the soul gives unity to the diverse and is capable of perceiving by reason the order of the sensory.

Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkwal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: quàl

Adjective

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qual (apocopate)

  1. Apocopic form of quale
    • (Can we date this quote?), Dante Alighieri, Inferno, Canto I:
      Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura
      esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte
      che nel pensier rinova la paura!
      Ah, how rueful to say what sort it was
      this wilderness wild and harsh and daunting
      that in my thoughts makes my fright alive again

Middle English

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Noun

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qual

  1. Alternative form of whale

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese qual, from Latin quālis (“which”).

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: qual

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qual m or f (plural quais)

  1. which
    • 2006, Daniela Zaitz, Direito & know-how, Jurua Editora, →ISBN, page 31:
      Outro tipo de conceitualização é aquela dada por François Magnin, que tenta sistematizar as diversas definições de know-how analisando a quais elementos a expressão se aplicaria. O autor conclui que podem ser objeto do know-how quatro tipos de elementos, considerados isoladamente ou em conjunto: a habilidade técnica, a experiência técnica, os conhecimentos técnicos e os processos.
      Another type of conceptualization is that given by François Magnin, who tries to systematize the diverse definitions of know-how analyzing to which elements the expression would apply. The author concludes that four types of elements can be the object of know-how, considered in isolation or jointly: technical skill, technical experience, technical knowledge and processes.

Pronoun

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qual m or f (plural quais)

  1. which (what one)
    Qual é maior?
    Which is bigger?

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Spanish

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Pronoun

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qual (relative, plural quales)

  1. Obsolete spelling of cual.
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