Saturday, August 04, 2007
Quantivalence
Quantivalence is indeed a chemistry term. It's the extent to which an atom can hold other atoms in combination. I was never a chemistry star, so please forgive me if that doesn't make a lot of sense. Some fabulous invented meanings made it to the blog and Judi's was certainly one of them. I'm sure many of us have experienced her version of quantivalence. I know I have! Thanks, Judi. You're today's winner on the poll.
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Quantivalence is the application of Quantum theory to everyday life. It's to do with the fact that observing something changes its behaviour. This explains why "a watched kettle never boils".
Philosophers who believe in realism (nothing exists unless it's being observed) believe that when you stop watching the kettle it goes away, to be relplaced by one containing boiled water when you return to the kitchen.
Quantivalence - the official measurment scale applied to the mini-skirt. Quant - reference Mary Quant and Valence - skirt
The quantivalence of Tracey's new mini was such that you could see more than you wanted to!
Nice one Brian, I think I believe you!
Quantivalence is how river valleys will change over time due to erosion and changing currents.
If the Smiths had paid attention to the quantivalence of the region, they wouldn't have built their house in an area sure to flood in the next twenty years.
the measurement of time slept in over a lifetime period.
Quantivalence is someone who is obsessed about quantities and lists. A quativalence will make lists of all their household appliances, books, ornaments, furniture, clothes, shoes etc. etc. plus lists of all the lists they have.
If ambivalence means feeling two ways about a certain subject, quantivalence must mean feeling many ways about it.
Other words from the same family are omnivalence, trivalence, and quatrivalence.
Quantivalence is a chemistry term so most people will have never heard of it, having either avoided Chemistry in college or failed it and dropped it before Midterms. Quantivalence is the term for the number of valence levels that a particular element has. In simple terms, it tells how many layers of electrons an element has around it's nucleus. For example, a very small element such as Helium has a quantivalence of 1, and a heavy metal such as Copper may have a quantivalence of 5 (I'm guessing here, it's been more than 20 years since I was in Chemistry class).
Indecision over whether or not to take that second, third, or even fourth helping of dessert.
Quantivalence is the process of balancing quantities of a product consumed with the quantities that are produced.
quantivalence is simply a measurement of the overbooked abundance of people crammed into the nude commune at Valence...
remember...less is more..
;)
k
Quantivalence:
The number of delicious "Mojitos" you are able to consume before losing your balance and falling face first into a bush.
Of course this has never happened to me but it must be very embarrasing!
Hmm, maybe that's why invitations to parties have stopped coming...
(the post before was me- I thought of a better meaning)
Quantivalence (n)- the quality of having many overlapping layers ending in lacy fringes. Usually only seen nowadays on wedding dresses or fancy curtains.
A quantivalence is the mass of ruffles worn around the neck of some men in the late middle ages, making it appear that they had no neck at all and that they had somehow gotten themselves caught in the middle of a large, dainty wheel.
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/
Quantivalence is the theory used by all major supermarket chins and other large stores, which states that charging £3.99 for a product (for example), will sound a lot less to the prospective customer, than charging £4.00, even though the real difference is one pence.
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