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How to pronounce “quintessence”
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Pronunciation guide for quintessence
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of quintessence with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Rogier van der Heide: Why light needs darkness 17 minutes
And I think that is the quintessence of this 18-minute talk --
- Definition summary
- A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
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How to pronounce quintessence
Rogier van der Heide: Why light needs darkness 17 minutes
And I think that is the quintessence of this 18-minute talk --
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “quintessence”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
- A pure substance.
- The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
- (alchemy) The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere.
- (physics) A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.
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