quorum
IPA: kwˈɔrʌm
noun
- 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.
- A selected body of persons.
- (computing, distributed systems) 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.
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Examples of "quorum" in Sentences
- Is is the same as the requisite quorum
- This left an opening in the quorum of the twelve.
- The meeting was canceled for the request of quorum.
- The quorum of the board is half of the members plus one.
- Obviously, the more participants in the quorum, the better.
- The quorum of the Court of Appeal of Quebec is three judges.
- The chair is counted when discerning the presence of a quorum.
- Romney is not the son of any member of the quorum of the twelve.
- The important thing about the quorum is the function, not the name.
- If the quorum is not present, the speaker has to adjourn the session.
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