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The word '''Quap''' might refer to: |
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* noun. a hypothetical [[nuclear particle]] consisting of a [[quark]] and an [[antiproton]] |
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* noun. "quap...it's the most radio-active stuff in the world. It's a festering mass of earths and [[heavy metals]], [[polonium]], [[radium]], ythorium, [[thorium]], carium, and new things, too." ([[Tono-Bungay]] (1909), [[H. G. Wells]]) |
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* Placename: Hon Quap (Cat's Tooth Mountain) southwest of [[Danang]] near [[My Son]], [[Vietnam]] |
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* Placename: Cubitje Quap -- a waterhole in the [[Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park|Kalahari Gemsbok National Park]] |
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* Acronym: Quality Program (QUAP) for [[photovoltaics]] and other sciences |
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* a small family remnant of Germanic-Celtic genealogical roots living in [[North America]] and NW [[Germany]], the Quap (Quapp, Quappe) branch thought to be German, but possibly of Dutch and/or [[Mennonite]] ([[Anabaptist]]) derivation |
Revision as of 18:15, 20 February 2011
The word Quap might refer to:
- noun. a hypothetical nuclear particle consisting of a quark and an antiproton
- noun. "quap...it's the most radio-active stuff in the world. It's a festering mass of earths and heavy metals, polonium, radium, ythorium, thorium, carium, and new things, too." (Tono-Bungay (1909), H. G. Wells)
- Placename: Hon Quap (Cat's Tooth Mountain) southwest of Danang near My Son, Vietnam
- Placename: Cubitje Quap -- a waterhole in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park
- Acronym: Quality Program (QUAP) for photovoltaics and other sciences
- a small family remnant of Germanic-Celtic genealogical roots living in North America and NW Germany, the Quap (Quapp, Quappe) branch thought to be German, but possibly of Dutch and/or Mennonite (Anabaptist) derivation