Definition of "quorum" in Anglais

noun

1. (historical) A select body of (usually eminent) justices of the peace, every member of which had to be present to constitute a deciding body; a member of this body. Later more generally: all justices collectively.

2. 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.

3. (now rare) Distinguished or essential members of any body; a select company.

4. (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.