Quorum
noun
The minimum number of people needed in a meeting before it can officially begin or make decisions.
We can't start the meeting until a quorum is present.
Often appears as...
- achieve a quorum
- quorum is present
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Formal
Academic, Technical
noun
A particular group of people with power to make decisions.
The quorum of the congress agreed on the new legislation.
Often appears as...
- quorum of members
- quorum of executives
Usage tips
Formal
Academic, Technical
noun
The minimum number of people needed in a meeting before it can officially begin or make decisions.
We can't start the meeting until a quorum is present.
Often appears as...
- achieve a quorum
- quorum is present
Usage tips
Formal
Academic, Technical
noun
A particular group of people with power to make decisions.
The quorum of the congress agreed on the new legislation.
Often appears as...
- quorum of members
- quorum of executives
Usage tips
Formal
Academic, Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Numerical Importance
Understand quorum as a specific number, not just any attendance.
The bylaws state that one-third of the members constitute a quorum.
Pro Tip 2/3Meeting Validity
A meeting without a quorum can still occur but can't make binding decisions.
We held the meeting but couldn't vote without a quorum.
Pro Tip 3/3Varies by Group
Quorum size changes with the group's rules; it's not always a majority.
Our club's quorum is 10 people, even though we have 50 members.
Pro Tip 1/3Numerical Importance
Understand quorum as a specific number, not just any attendance.
The bylaws state that one-third of the members constitute a quorum.
Pro Tip 2/3Meeting Validity
A meeting without a quorum can still occur but can't make binding decisions.
We held the meeting but couldn't vote without a quorum.
Pro Tip 3/3Varies by Group
Quorum size changes with the group's rules; it's not always a majority.
Our club's quorum is 10 people, even though we have 50 members.
Pro Tip 1/3Numerical Importance
Understand quorum as a specific number, not just any attendance.
The bylaws state that one-third of the members constitute a quorum.
Pro Tip 2/3Meeting Validity
A meeting without a quorum can still occur but can't make binding decisions.
We held the meeting but couldn't vote without a quorum.
Pro Tip 3/3Varies by Group
Quorum size changes with the group's rules; it's not always a majority.
Our club's quorum is 10 people, even though we have 50 members.
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Bonnie Bassler: The...
with this chemical language. But we started to think that maybe there is something practical that we can do here as well. I've told you that bacteria have all these social behaviors, that they communicate with these molecules. Of course, I've also told you that one of the important things they do is to initiate pathogenicity using quorum sensing.
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Quorum sensing: Bacteria...
words and they turn on group behaviors that are only successful when all of the cells participate in unison and so now we have a fancy name for this we call it quorum sensing they vote with these chemical votes the vote gets counted and then everybody responds to the vote and what's important for today's talk is
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Grizzly Bears in...
today and how they ended up here at the center yeah I'd love to although the first thing I always encourage people to do is to watch those bears you don't need to watch us because the bears are much more exciting so there are three bears out on the habitat right now they are Roosevelt Grant and quorum so we
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How bacteria "talk" -...
on group behaviors that are only successful when all of the cells participate in unison and so now we have a fancy name for this we call it quorum sensing they vote with these chemical votes the vote gets counted and then everybody responds to the vote and what's important for today's talk is
Video examples
Bonnie Bassler: The...
with this chemical language. But we started to think that maybe there is something practical that we can do here as well. I've told you that bacteria have all these social behaviors, that they communicate with these molecules. Of course, I've also told you that one of the important things they do is to initiate pathogenicity using quorum sensing.
Video examples
Quorum sensing: Bacteria...
words and they turn on group behaviors that are only successful when all of the cells participate in unison and so now we have a fancy name for this we call it quorum sensing they vote with these chemical votes the vote gets counted and then everybody responds to the vote and what's important for today's talk is
Video examples
Grizzly Bears in...
today and how they ended up here at the center yeah I'd love to although the first thing I always encourage people to do is to watch those bears you don't need to watch us because the bears are much more exciting so there are three bears out on the habitat right now they are Roosevelt Grant and quorum so we
Video examples
How bacteria "talk" -...
on group behaviors that are only successful when all of the cells participate in unison and so now we have a fancy name for this we call it quorum sensing they vote with these chemical votes the vote gets counted and then everybody responds to the vote and what's important for today's talk is
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Richard Engel
American Journalist
Insurgencies are easy to make and hard to stop. Only a few ingredients need to combine to create an insurgency; like oxygen and fire, they're very common and mix all too often. The recipe is, simply, a legitimate grievance against a state, a state that refuses to compromise, a quorum of angry people, and access to weapons.
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Bonnie Bassler
American Scientist
We've all been sick; we're all afraid of infection. I think the easiest application to help people understand what quorum sensing is and why it's important to study is to tell them that if we could make the bacteria either deaf or mute, we could create new antibiotics.
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Allan Gurganus
American Novelist
Collections collect collectors. It doesn't work the other way around. A certain object misses its own kind and communicates that to some person who surrounds it with rhyming items; these become at first a quorum, then a selective, addictive madness.
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
If we look upon fulfilling of assignments as building the kingdom of God and as being an opportunity as well as a privilege and an honor, then assignments and challenges should certainly be given to every member of the quorum.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Priesthood lessons are regularly devoted to topics of family leadership, and quorum leaders everywhere are feeling more and more their responsibility to teach and train their quorum members to be better husbands and fathers.
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Bonnie Bassler
American Scientist
I think the easiest application to help people understand what quorum sensing is and why it's important to study is to tell them that if we could make the bacteria either deaf or mute, we could create new antibiotics.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
Let's put it this way: there wouldn't be much point in me attending a high-school reunion now because there wouldn't be anybody there. We'd struggle to raise a quorum.
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Richard Engel
American Journalist
Insurgencies are easy to make and hard to stop. Only a few ingredients need to combine to create an insurgency; like oxygen and fire, they're very common and mix all too often. The recipe is, simply, a legitimate grievance against a state, a state that refuses to compromise, a quorum of angry people, and access to weapons.
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Bonnie Bassler
American Scientist
We've all been sick; we're all afraid of infection. I think the easiest application to help people understand what quorum sensing is and why it's important to study is to tell them that if we could make the bacteria either deaf or mute, we could create new antibiotics.
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Allan Gurganus
American Novelist
Collections collect collectors. It doesn't work the other way around. A certain object misses its own kind and communicates that to some person who surrounds it with rhyming items; these become at first a quorum, then a selective, addictive madness.
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
If we look upon fulfilling of assignments as building the kingdom of God and as being an opportunity as well as a privilege and an honor, then assignments and challenges should certainly be given to every member of the quorum.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Priesthood lessons are regularly devoted to topics of family leadership, and quorum leaders everywhere are feeling more and more their responsibility to teach and train their quorum members to be better husbands and fathers.
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Bonnie Bassler
American Scientist
I think the easiest application to help people understand what quorum sensing is and why it's important to study is to tell them that if we could make the bacteria either deaf or mute, we could create new antibiotics.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
Let's put it this way: there wouldn't be much point in me attending a high-school reunion now because there wouldn't be anybody there. We'd struggle to raise a quorum.
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