English Dictionary: quatercentenary | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quadragenarious \Quad`ra*ge*na"ri*ous\, a. [L. quadragenarius, fr. qyadrageni forty each.] Consisting of forty; forty years old. | |
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Quadragene \Quad"ra*gene\, n. [LL. quadragena, fr. L. quadrageni forty each, akin to quadraginta forty.] (R. C. Ch.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance. | |
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d8Quadragesima \[d8]Quad`ra*ges"i*ma\, n. [L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See {Four}.] (Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. {Quadragesima Sunday}, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter. | |
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Quadragesimal \Quad`ra*ges"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. quadrag[82]simal.] Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten. | |
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Quadragesimals \Quad`ra*ges"i*mals\, n. pl. Offerings formerly made to the mother church of a diocese on Mid-Lent Sunday. | |
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Quadric \Quad"ric\, a. (Math.) Of or pertaining to the second degree. | |
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Quadric \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, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics. | |
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Quadricapsular \Quad`ri*cap"su*lar\, a. [Quadri- + capsular.] (Bot.) Having four capsules. | |
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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}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any quadricornous animal. | |
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Quadricornous \Quad`ri*cor"nous\, a. [Quadri- + L. cornu horn: cf. F. quadricorne.] (Zo[94]l.) Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle. | |
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Quadricostate \Quad`ri*cos"tate\, a. [Quadri- + costate.] Having four ribs. | |
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d8Quadriga \[d8]Quad*ri"ga\, n.; pl. {Quadrig[91]}. [L. See {Quadrijugous}.] (Rom. Antiq.) A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast. | |
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Quadrigeminal \Quad`ri*gem"i*nal\, Quadrigeminous \Quad`ri*gem"i*nous\, a. [Quadri- + L. gemini twins.] Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts. {Quadrigeminal bodies} (Anat.), two pairs of lobes, or elevations, on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the nates, and the posterior the testes. | |
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Quadrigeminal \Quad`ri*gem"i*nal\, Quadrigeminous \Quad`ri*gem"i*nous\, a. [Quadri- + L. gemini twins.] Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts. {Quadrigeminal bodies} (Anat.), two pairs of lobes, or elevations, on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the nates, and the posterior the testes. | |
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Quadrigeminal \Quad`ri*gem"i*nal\, Quadrigeminous \Quad`ri*gem"i*nous\, a. [Quadri- + L. gemini twins.] Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts. {Quadrigeminal bodies} (Anat.), two pairs of lobes, or elevations, on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the nates, and the posterior the testes. | |
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Quadrigenarious \Quad`ri*ge*na"ri*ous\, a. [L. quadrigeni, quadringeni, four hundred each.] Consisting of four hundred. | |
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Quadrijugate \Quad*rij"u*gate\, a. Same as {Quadrijugous}. | |
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Quadrijugous \Quad*rij"u*gous\, a. [L. quadrijugus of a team of four; quattuor four + jugum yoke.] (Bot.) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf. | |
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Quadrisection \Quad`ri*sec"tion\, n. [Quadri- + section.] A subdivision into four parts. | |
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Quadrisulcate \Quad`ri*sul"cate\, a. [Quadri + sulcate.] (Zo[94]l.) Having four hoofs; as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcate animal. | |
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Quadrisyllabic \Quad`ri*syl*lab"ic\, Quadri-syllabical \Quad`ri-syl*lab"ic*al\, Having four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word. | |
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Quadrisyllabic \Quad`ri*syl*lab"ic\, Quadri-syllabical \Quad`ri-syl*lab"ic*al\, Having four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word. | |
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Quadrisyllable \Quad`ri*syl"la*ble\, n. [Quadri- + syllable: cf. F. quadrisyllabe.] A word consisting of four syllables. --De Quincey. | |
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Quadroxide \Quad*rox"ide\, n. [Quadri- + oxide.] (Chem.) A tetroxide. [R.] | |
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Quater-cousin \Qua"ter-cous`in\, n. [F. quatre four + cousin, E. cousin.] A cousin within the first four degrees of kindred. | |
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Quatorzain \Qua*torz"ain\, n. [See {Quatorze}.] A poem of fourteen lines; a sonnet. --R. H. Stoddard. | |
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Quatorze \Qua*torze"\, n. [F. quatorze fourteen, L. quattuordecim. See {Fourteen}.] The four aces, kings, queens, knaves, or tens, in the game of piquet; -- so called because quatorze counts as fourteen points. | |
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d8Quattrocento \[d8]Quat`tro*cen"to\, n. & a. [It., four hundred, used as an abbreviated expression for the dates beginning with fourteen hundred.] The fifteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the quattrocento; quattrocento style. -- {Quat`tro*cen"tist}, n. |