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NQR

NQR is the abbreviation of not quite right.

NQR is the abbreviation of nuclear quadrupole resonance.

Meaning of nuclear quadrupole resonance

Noun

nuclear quadrupole resonance

  1. (nuclear physics) A technique, related to nuclear magnetic resonance, that allows detection of transitions of atomic nuclei in the absence of a magnetic field.

Noun

NQR (plural NQRs)

  1. (euphemistic, informal, often) A person or thing that is slightly wrong in some manner, as being damaged, incomplete, strange, imperfect, etc.
    • My use of such an acronym, NQEI, came from a friend's experiences in the Phillipines, where she had spent 5 years as a school teacher; she had a way of expressing herself about life there: NQR stood for {"not quite right" to describe all those incidents and occurrences such as the cab ride that ran...2009 April 8, rec.sport.golf (Usenet)
    • When I was in school, there was no autism. no spectrum, no programs against bullying, no participation trophies. What we had were the weird kids. NQR’s ( Not Quite Right ).2019 April 5, xspalt, “thoughts on “What if social media is causing permanent mental retardation for those who grow up with it?””, in Wordpress

Forms of NQR

pluralNQRs

Questions about NQR

What does NQR mean?
NQR means a person or thing that is slightly wrong in some manner, as being damaged, incomplete, strange, imperfect, etc.
What is NQR the abbreviation of?
NQR is the abbreviation of not quite right.
What part of speech is NQR?
NQR is a noun.
What is the plural of NQR?
The plural of NQR is NQRs.

Words near NQR in the dictionary

  1. NPVs
  2. NQ
  3. NQE
  4. NQEs
  5. NQF
  6. NQR
  7. NQRs
  8. NQs
  9. NQT
  10. NQTs
  11. nr

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