Usually means: Essential condition for something's existence.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word sine qua non:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. sine qua non: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sine qua non: Merriam-Webster
  3. sine qua non: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sine qua non: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sine qua non: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sine qua non: Vocabulary.com
  7. sine qua non: Wordnik
  8. sine qua non: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sine qua non: Wiktionary
  10. sine qua non: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. sine qua non: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. sine qua non: Dictionary.com
  13. sine qua non: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Sine Qua Non (Battlestar Galactica), Sine Qua Non (wine), Sine qua non: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. sine qua non: Rhymezone
  16. sine qua non: FreeDictionary.org
  17. sine qua non: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. sine qua non: Foreign Words and Phrases
  19. sine qua non: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sine qua non: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  2. sine qua non: Global Glossary

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. sine qua non: Law.com Dictionary
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. sine qua non: Legal dictionary
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sine qua non: Wordcraft Dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sine qua non: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  2. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sine qua non: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See sine_qua_nons as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sine qua non)

noun:  An essential or indispensable element, condition, or ingredient.

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