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Q factor

Q factor noun: a measure of the quality of an electric circuit; the ratio of the reactance to the resistance.

Noun

Q factor

  1. A measure of the quality of an electric circuit; the ratio of the reactance to the resistance.
  2. The distance between the pedal holes of a pair of crank arms mounted on the bottom bracket axle.

Q factor meaning in Tamil

Q factor in Tamil

தரக்காரணி

Origin of Q factor

In the cycling sense, Q standing for quack – a reference to the wide stance and waddling gait of ducks, coined by American bicycle designer Grant Petersen in 1991.

Questions about Q factor

What does Q factor mean?
Q factor means a measure of the quality of an electric circuit; the ratio of the reactance to the resistance.
What is Q factor in Tamil?
Q factor in Tamil is தரக்காரணி. See Q factor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Q factor?
Q factor is a noun.

Words near Q factor in the dictionary

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  10. Q n' A
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Q factor (page history and authors); q factor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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