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English Dictionary: quadrangle	by the DICT Development Group
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quadrangle n a four-sided polygon [syn: quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon] a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings Synonym(s): quad, quadrangle
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quadrangular adj of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle
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quadrangular prism n a prism whose bases are quadrangles
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quadrant n a quarter of the circumference of a circle [syn: quadrant, quarter-circle] any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies
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quadrantanopia n blindness in one fourth of the visual field
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quadrennium n a period of four years
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quadroon n an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black
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quadrumvirate n a group of four men
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quatern n the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe]
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quaternary adj consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four; "quaternate leaves"; "a quaternary compound" Synonym(s): quaternate, quaternary coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude; "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present" Synonym(s): fourth, 4th, quaternary n last 2 million years [syn: Quaternary, {Quaternary period}, Age of Man] the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one Synonym(s): four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe
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quaternary ammonium compound n a compound derived from ammonium with hydrogen atoms replaced by organic groups; used as surface-active agents, disinfectants, and in drugs
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Quaternary period n last 2 million years [syn: Quaternary, {Quaternary period}, Age of Man]
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quaternate adj consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four; "quaternate leaves"; "a quaternary compound" Synonym(s): quaternate, quaternary
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quaternion n the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe]
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quaternity n the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe]
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quatrain n a stanza of four lines
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quadrangle \Quad"ran`gle\, n. [F., fr. L. quadrangulum; quattuor four + angulus an angle. See {Four}, and {Angle} a corner.] 1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles. 2. A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public school in England.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quadrangular \Quadran"gular\, a. [Cf. F. quadrangulaire.] Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal. -- {Quadran"gular*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quadrangular \Quadran"gular\, a. [Cf. F. quadrangulaire.] Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal. -- {Quadran"gular*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 quarter. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Geom.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90[deg], or one subtending a right angle at the center. 3. (Anal. (Geom.) One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the co[94]rdinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant. 4. An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90[deg], with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction. {Gunner's quadrant}, an instrument consisting of a graduated limb, with a plumb line or spirit level, and an arm by which it is applied to a cannon or mortar in adjusting it to the elevation required for attaining the desired range. {Gunter's quadrant}. See {Gunter's quadrant}, in the Vocabulary. {Hadley's quadrant}, a hand instrument used chiefly at sea to measure the altitude of the sun or other celestial body in ascertaining the vessel's position. It consists of a frame in the form of an octant having a graduated scale upon its arc, and an index arm, or alidade pivoted at its apex. Mirrors, called the index glass and the horizon glass, are fixed one upon the index arm and the other upon one side of the frame, respectively. When the instrument is held upright, the index arm may be swung so that the index glass will reflect an image of the sun upon the horizon glass, and when the reflected image of the sun coincides, to the observer's eye, with the horizon as seen directly through an opening at the side of the horizon glass, the index shows the sun's altitude upon the scale; -- more properly, but less commonly, called an octant. {Quadrant of altitude}, an appendage of the artificial globe, consisting of a slip of brass of the length of a quadrant of one of the great circles of the globe, and graduated. It may be fitted to the meridian, and being movable round to all points of the horizon, serves as a scale in measuring altitudes, azimuths, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 quarter. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Geom.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90[deg], or one subtending a right angle at the center. 3. (Anal. (Geom.) One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the co[94]rdinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant. 4. An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90[deg], with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction. {Gunner's quadrant}, an instrument consisting of a graduated limb, with a plumb line or spirit level, and an arm by which it is applied to a cannon or mortar in adjusting it to the elevation required for attaining the desired range. {Gunter's quadrant}. See {Gunter's quadrant}, in the Vocabulary. {Hadley's quadrant}, a hand instrument used chiefly at sea to measure the altitude of the sun or other celestial body in ascertaining the vessel's position. It consists of a frame in the form of an octant having a graduated scale upon its arc, and an index arm, or alidade pivoted at its apex. Mirrors, called the index glass and the horizon glass, are fixed one upon the index arm and the other upon one side of the frame, respectively. When the instrument is held upright, the index arm may be swung so that the index glass will reflect an image of the sun upon the horizon glass, and when the reflected image of the sun coincides, to the observer's eye, with the horizon as seen directly through an opening at the side of the horizon glass, the index shows the sun's altitude upon the scale; -- more properly, but less commonly, called an octant. {Quadrant of altitude}, an appendage of the artificial globe, consisting of a slip of brass of the length of a quadrant of one of the great circles of the globe, and graduated. It may be fitted to the meridian, and being movable round to all points of the horizon, serves as a scale in measuring altitudes, azimuths, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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, quadrantal space. {Quadrantal triangle}, a spherical triangle having one side equal to a quadrant or arc of 90[deg]. {Quadrantal versor}, a versor that expresses rotation through one right angle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quadrantal \Quad*ran"tal\, n. [L.] 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. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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, quadrantal space. {Quadrantal triangle}, a spherical triangle having one side equal to a quadrant or arc of 90[deg]. {Quadrantal versor}, a versor that expresses rotation through one right angle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Versor \Ver"sor\, n. [NL., fr. L. vertere, versus, to turn. See {Version}.] (Geom.) The turning factor of a quaternion. Note: The change of one vector into another is considered in quaternions as made up of two operations; 1st, the rotation of the first vector so that it shall be parallel to the second; 2d, the change of length so that the first vector shall be equal to the second. That which expresses in amount and kind the first operation is a versor, and is denoted geometrically by a line at right angles to the plane in which the rotation takes place, the length of this line being proportioned to the amount of rotation. That which expresses the second operation is a tensor. The product of the versor and tensor expresses the total operation, and is called a quaternion. See {Quaternion}. {Quadrantal versor}. See under {Quadrantal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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, quadrantal space. {Quadrantal triangle}, a spherical triangle having one side equal to a quadrant or arc of 90[deg]. {Quadrantal versor}, a versor that expresses rotation through one right angle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Quadrans \[d8]Quad"rans\, n.; pl. {Quadrantes}. [L.] 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quadrennial \Quadren"nial\, 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 quadrennial period. 2. Occurring once in four years, or at the end of every four years; as, quadrennial games.
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Quadrennially \Quadren"nial*ly\, adv. Once in four years.
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Quadriennial \Quad`rien"nial\, a. Same as {Quadrennial}.
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Quadrin \Quad"rin\, n. [OF., fr. L. quadrini four each, fr. quattuor four.] A small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent. [Obs.]
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Quadrinodal \Quad`ri*nod"al\, a. [Quadri- + nodal.] (Math.) Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves.
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Quadrinomial \Quad`rino"mial\, n. [Quadri- + nomial, as in binomial: cf. F. quadrin[93]me.] (Alg.) A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.
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Quadrinomical \Quad`rinom"ical\, a. Quadrinomial.
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Quadrinominal \Quad`rinom"inal\, a. [Quadri- + nominal.] (Alg.) Quadrinomial. --Sir W. R. Hamilton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quadroon \Quad*roon"\, n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See {Quarter} a fourth part, and cf. {Quarteron}.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also {quarteron}, {quarteroon}, and {quateron}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quadrumane \Quad"ru*mane\, n. [L. quattuor four + manus a hand: cf. F. quadrumane.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Quadrumana.
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Quadrumanous \Quadru"manous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having four hands; of or pertaining to the Quadrumana.
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Quaternary \Quater"nary\, a. [L. quaternarius consisting of four each, containing four, fr. quaterni four each, fr. quattuor four: cf. F. quaternaire. See {Four}.] 1. Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four. 2. (Geol.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quaternary \Quater"nary\, n. [L. numerus quaternarius: cf. F. quaternaire.] 1. The number four. --Boyle. 2. (Geol.) The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of {Geology}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quaternate \Qua*ter"nate\, a. Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four; quaternary; as, quaternate leaves.
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Quaternion \Quater"nion\, v. t. To divide into quaternions, files, or companies. --Milton.
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Quaternion \Quater"nion\, n. [L. quaternio, fr. quaterni four each. See {Quaternary}.] 1. The number four. [Poetic] 2. A set of four parts, things, or person; four things taken collectively; a group of four words, phrases, circumstances, facts, or the like. Delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers. --Acts xii. 4. Ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run. --Milton. The triads and quaternions with which he loaded his sentences. -- Sir W. Scott. 3. A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable. 4. (Math.) The quotient of two vectors, or of two directed right lines in space, considered as depending on four geometrical elements, and as expressible by an algebraic symbol of quadrinomial form. Note: The science or calculus of quaternions is a new mathematical method, in which the conception of a quaternion is unfolded and symbolically expressed, and is applied to various classes of algebraical, geometrical, and physical questions, so as to discover theorems, and to arrive at the solution of problems. --Sir W. R. Hamilton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quaternity \Quater"nity\, n. [LL. quaternitas, fr. L. quaterni four each: cf. F. quaternit[82].] 1. The number four. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. The union of four in one, as of four persons; -- analogous to the theological term trinity.
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Quateron \Qua"ter*on\, n. See 2d {Quarteron}.
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Quadroon \Quad*roon"\, n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See {Quarter} a fourth part, and cf. {Quarteron}.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also {quarteron}, {quarteroon}, and {quateron}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quateron \Qua"ter*on\, n. See 2d {Quarteron}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quadroon \Quad*roon"\, n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See {Quarter} a fourth part, and cf. {Quarteron}.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also {quarteron}, {quarteroon}, and {quateron}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quatrain \Quat"rain\, n. [F., fr. quatre four, L. quattuor, quatuor. See {Four}.] (Pros.) A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orange \Or"ange\, n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[be]ranj, Per. n[be]ranj, n[be]rang; cf. Skr. n[be]ranga orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.] 1. The fruit of a tree of the genus {Citrus} ({C. Aurantium}). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe. Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the {bitter orange}, which is supposed to be the original stock; the {navel orange}, which has the rudiment of a second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the {blood orange}, with a reddish juice; and the {horned orange}, in which the carpels are partly separated. 2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree. 3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow. {Mandarin orange}. See {Mandarin}. {Mock orange} (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus {Philadelphus}, which have whitish and often fragrant blossoms. {Native orange}, or {Orange thorn} (Bot.), an Australian shrub ({Citriobatus parviflorus}); also, its edible yellow berries. {Orange bird} (Zo[94]l.), a tanager of Jamaica ({Tanagra zena}); -- so called from its bright orange breast. {Orange cowry} (Zo[94]l.), a large, handsome cowry ({Cypr[91]a aurantia}), highly valued by collectors of shells on account of its rarity. {Orange grass} (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant ({Hypericum Sarothra}), having minute, deep yellow flowers. {Orange oil} (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is obtained from the flowers. {Orange pekoe}, a kind of black tea. {Orange pippin}, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor. {Quito orange}, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of nightshade ({Solanum Quitoense}), native in Quito. {Orange scale} (Zo[94]l.) any species of scale insects which infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale ({Mytilaspis citricola}), the long scale ({M. Gloveri}), and the red scale ({Aspidiotus Aurantii}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quitrent \Quit"rent`\, n. [Quit, a. + rent] (Law) A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from other service. --Blackstone. Note: In some of the United States a fee-farm rent is so termed. --Burrill.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Quaternion a band of four soldiers. Peter was committed by Herod to the custody of four quaternions, i.e., one quaternion for each watch of the night (Acts 12:4). Thus every precaution was taken against his escape from prison. Two of each quaternion were in turn stationed at the door (12:6), and to two the apostle was chained according to Roman custom.