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[tʃɑːm], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the power or quality of delighting, attracting, or fascinating others
(e.g: his charm has captivated the media)
- a small ornament worn on a necklace or bracelet
(e.g: the trinkets were charms from his wife's bracelet)
- an object, act, or saying believed to have magic power
(e.g: the charm begins with ritual instructions)
- a characteristic property of certain subatomic particles (specifically charm quarks, charm antiquarks, and hadrons containing these), expressed as a quantum number
Phrases:
- turn on the charm
- work like a charm
Origin
:
Middle English (in the senses ‘incantation or magic spell’ and ‘to use spells’): from Old French charme (noun), charmer (verb), from Latin carmen ‘song, verse, incantation’
[tʃɑːm], (Verb)
Definitions:
- delight greatly
(e.g: the books have charmed children the world over)
- control or achieve by or as if by magic
(e.g: a gesticulating figure endeavouring to charm a cobra)
Phrases:
- turn on the charm
- work like a charm
Origin
:
Middle English (in the senses ‘incantation or magic spell’ and ‘to use spells’): from Old French charme (noun), charmer (verb), from Latin carmen ‘song, verse, incantation’
[tʃɑːm], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- denoting a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of +2/3. Charm quarks have similar properties to up quarks and top quarks, but are distinguished from them by having an intermediate mass
Phrases:
- turn on the charm
- work like a charm
Origin
:
Middle English (in the senses ‘incantation or magic spell’ and ‘to use spells’): from Old French charme (noun), charmer (verb), from Latin carmen ‘song, verse, incantation’
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