Associations to the word «Quorum»

Wiktionary

QUORUM, 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.
QUORUM, noun. A selected body of persons.
QUORUM SENSING, noun. A proposed method of communication between bacterial cells by the release and sensing of small diffusible signal molecules.

Dictionary definition

QUORUM, noun. A gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats