quorum
From Latin quōrum, genitive plural form of quī (“who, which”), used as standard wording in written commissions.
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɔː.ɹəm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkwɔːɹəm/
quorum (plural quorums or quora)
- 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.
- We can discuss the issue tonight but cannot vote until we have a quorum.
- A selected body of persons.
- (computing, distributed systems) The minimum number of votes that a distributed transaction has to obtain in order to be allowed to perform an operation in a distributed system.
The plural quora is sometimes objected to on the grounds that it is not grammatically correct: in Latin quorumis a plural pronoun, not a singular noun.