| Quadri- |
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A combining form meaning four, four times, fourfold; as, quadricapsular, having four capsules. |
| Quadri-syllabical |
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Having four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word. |
| Quadribasic |
a. |
Same as Tetrabasic. |
| Quadrible |
a. |
Quadrable. |
| Quadric |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the second degree. |
| Quadric |
n. |
A quantic of the second degree. See Quantic. |
| Quadric |
n. |
A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics. |
| Quadricapsular |
a. |
Having four capsules. |
| Quadriceps |
n. |
The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee. |
| Quadricipital |
n. |
Of or pertaining to the quadriceps. |
| Quadricorn |
n. |
Any quadricornous animal. |
| Quadricornous |
a. |
Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle. |
| Quadricostate |
a. |
Having four ribs. |
| Quadridentate |
a. |
Having four teeth; as, a quadridentate leaf. |
| Quadriennial |
a. |
Same as Quadrennial. |
| Quadrifarious |
a. |
Arranged in four rows or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves. |
| Quadrifid |
a. |
Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts; as, a quadrifid perianth; a quadrifid leaf. |
| Quadrifoil |
a. |
Alt. of Quadrifoliate |
| Quadrifoliate |
a. |
Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four. |
| Quadrifurcated |
a. |
Having four forks, or branches. |
| Quadriga |
n. |
A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast. |
| Quadrigae |
pl. |
of Quadriga |
| Quadrigeminal |
a. |
Alt. of Quadrigeminous |
| Quadrigeminous |
a. |
Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts. |
| Quadrigenarious |
a. |
Consisting of four hundred. |
| Quadrijugate |
a. |
Same as Quadrijugous. |
| Quadrijugous |
a. |
Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf. |
| Quadrilateral |
a. |
Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular. |
| Quadrilateral |
n. |
A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines. |
| Quadrilateral |
n. |
An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano. |
| Quadrilateralness |
n. |
The property of being quadrilateral. |
| Quadriliteral |
a. |
Consisting of four letters. |
| Quadrille |
a. |
Marked with squares, generally by thin lines crossing at right angles and at equal intervals; as, quadrille paper, or plotting paper. |
| Quadrille |
n. |
A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set. |
| Quadrille |
n. |
The appropriate music for a quadrille. |
| Quadrille |
n. |
A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded. |
| Quadrillion |
n. |
According to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration. |
| Quadrilobate |
a. |
Alt. of Quadrilobed |
| Quadrilobed |
a. |
Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf. |
| Quadrilocular |
a. |
Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart. |
| Quadrin |
n. |
A small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent. |
| Quadrinodal |
a. |
Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves. |
| Quadrinomial |
n. |
A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus. |
| Quadrinomical |
a. |
Quadrinomial. |
| Quadrinominal |
a. |
Quadrinomial. |
| Quadripartite |
a. |
Divided into four parts. |
| Quadripartitely |
adv. |
In four parts. |
| Quadripartition |
n. |
A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number. |
| Quadripennate |
a. |
Having four wings;
said of insects. |
| Quadriphyllous |
a. |
Having four leaves; quadrifoliate. |
| Quadrireme |
n. |
A galley with four banks of oars or rowers. |
| Quadrisection |
n. |
A subdivision into four parts. |
| Quadrisulcate |
a. |
Having four hoofs; as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcate animal. |
| Quadrisyllabic |
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Alt. of Quadri-syllabical |
| Quadrisyllable |
n. |
A word consisting of four syllables. |
| Quadrivalence |
n. |
The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence. |
| Quadrivalent |
a. |
Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent;
said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements. |
| Quadrivalve |
a. |
Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp. |
| Quadrivalve |
n. |
A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds. |
| Quadrivalvular |
a. |
Having four valves; quadrivalve. |
| Quadrivial |
a. |
Having four ways meeting in a point. |
| Quadrivial |
n. |
One of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium. |
| Quadrivium |
n. |
The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy;
so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium. |
