Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Quadrans

‖Quad″rans (?), n.; pl.Quadrantes (#). 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2.2. The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.

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Quadrant

Quad″rant (?), n. [L. quadrans, -antis, a fourth part, a fourth of a whole, fr. quattuor four: cf. F. quadrant, cadran. See Four, and cf. Cadrans.] 1. The fourth part; the quart...

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Quadrantal

Quad‐ran″tal (?), a. [L. quadrantalis containing the fourth fourth part of a measure.] (Geom.) Of or pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourth part of a circle; as,...

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Quadrantal (2)

Quad‐ran″tal, n. 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A cubical vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each side being a Roman square foot; — used as a measure.2. A cube.

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Quadrat

Quad″rat (?), n. [F. quadrat, cadrat. See Quadrate.] 1. (Print.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, — used in spacing and in blank lines. [Abbrev. quad.]2. An old ins...

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Quadrate

Quad″rate (?), a. [L. quadratus squared, p. p. of quadrare to make four-cornered, to make square, to square, to fit, suit, from quadrus square, quattuor four. See Quadrant, and ...

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Quadrate (2)

Quad″rate (?), n. [L. quadratum. See Quadrate, a.] 1. (Geom.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the out...

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Quadrate (3)

Quad″rate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Quadrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Quadrating.] [See Quadrate, a.] To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; — followed by with.The objections of...

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Quadrate (4)

Quad″rate, v. t. To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.

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Quadratic

Quad‐rat″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. quadratique.]1. Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square.2. (Crystallog.) Tetragonal.3. (Alg.) Pertainin...

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Quadratics

Quad‐rat″ics (?), n.(Alg.) That branch of algebra which treats of quadratic equations.

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Quadratojugal

Quad‐ra′to‐ju″gal (?), a.(Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones. (b) Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone. — n. The quadratojugal bone.Quadratojugal ...

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Quadratrix

Quad‐ra″trix (?), n.; pl.-trixes (#), or-trices (#). (Geom.) A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen.

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Quadrature

Quad″ra‐ture (?), n. [L. quadratura: cf. F. quadrature. See Quadrate, a.] 1. (Math.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear ...

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Quadrel

Quad″rel (?), n. [It. quadrello, LL. quadrellus, fr. L. quadrus square. See Quadrate, and cf. Quarrel an arrow.] 1. A square piece of turf or peat.2. A square brick, tile, or th...

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Quadrennial

Quad‐ren″ni‐al (?), a. [L. quadriennium a space of four years; quattuor four + annus year; cf. L. quadriennis. See Quadrate, and Annual.] 1. Comprising four years; as, a quadren...

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Quadrennially

Quad‐ren″ni‐al‐ly, adv. Once in four years.

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Quadrennium

‖Quad‐ren″ni‐um (?), n. [NL. See Quadrennial.] A space or period of four years.

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Quadri-

Quad″ri– (?). [L., from quattuor four. See Four.] A combining form meaning four, four times, fourfold; as, quadricapsular, having four capsules.

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Quadribasic

Quad′ri‐ba″sic (?), a. [Quadri- + basic.] (Chem.) Same as Tetrabasic.

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Quadrible

Quad″ri‐ble (?), a. Quadrable.

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Quadric

Quad″ric (?), a.(Math.) Of or pertaining to the second degree.

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Quadric (2)

Quad″ric, n. (a) (Alg.) A quantic of the second degree. See Quantic. (b) (Geom.) A surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. Spheres, spheroids, ellipso...

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Quadricapsular

Quad′ri‐cap″su‐lar (?), a. [Quadri- + capsular.] (Bot.) Having four capsules.

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Quadriceps

‖Quad″ri‐ceps (?), n. [NL., fr. L. qyattuor four + caput head.] (Anat.) The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at th...

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Quadricipital

Quad′ri‐cip″i‐tal (?), n.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.

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Quadricorn

Quad″ri‐corn (?), n. [See Quadricornous.] (Zoöl.) Any quadricornous animal.