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    [Noun]  | "si*ne qua non" | \ ˌsi-ni-ˌkwä-ˈnän \


    1: something absolutely indispensable or essential


    Origin: 1602 ;

     Late Latin, without which not;

    [Latin noun phrase]  | "cau*sa si*ne qua non" | \ ˈkau̇-ˌsä-ˌsi-nā-kwä-ˈnōn \


    1: cause without which not : a necessary cause or condition

    [Noun]  | "sine qua non" 


    1: something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable;


      * e.g., " ... an extensive grounding in mathematics is a sine qua non for a career in architecture "





     [ "sine qua non" ]

    1:  What is necessary

      * e.g.,  ... A shocker is the sina qua non for John to emit his yoghurt truck 

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