quad : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: quad	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for quad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quad n one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy Synonym(s): quadruplet, quad a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg Synonym(s): quadriceps, quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris, quad (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences Synonym(s): quad, space a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings Synonym(s): quad, quadrangle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quad \Quad\, Quade \Quade\, a. [Akin to AS. cw[aemac]d, cwead, dung, evil, G. kot, dung, OHG. qu[be]t.] Evil; bad; baffling; as, a quade wind. [Obs.] Sooth play, quad play, as the Fleming saith. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quad \Quad\, n. (Arch.) A quadrangle; hence, a prison. [Cant or Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quad \Quad\, n. (Print.) A quadrat.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
quad n. 1. Two bits; syn. for {quarter}, {crumb}, {tayste}. 2. A four-pack of anything (compare {hex}, sense 2). 3. The rectangle or box glyph used in the APL language for various arcane purposes mostly related to I/O. Former Ivy-Leaguers and Oxford types are said to associate it with nostalgic memories of dear old University.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
quad 1. Two bits; synonym for {quarter}, {crumb}, {tayste}. 2. A four-pack of anything (compare {hex}). 3. The rectangle or box glyph used in the APL language for various arcane purposes mostly related to I/O. Former Ivy-Leaguers and Oxford types are said to associate it with nostalgic memories of dear old University (short for "quadrangle"). [{Jargon File}]