charms
/tʃɑːmz/ · noun
Meaning
- An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
- The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration; often constructed in the plural.
- A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
- A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
- A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
- To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
- To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence.
- To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
- To make music upon.
- To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
- The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
- A flock, group (especially of finches).
Etymology / origin
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