English Dictionary: quadrillionth | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A square brick, tile, or the like. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quadrilateral \Quad`ri*lat"er*al\, a. [L. quadrilaterus: cf. F. quadrilat[8a]re, quadrilat[82]ral. See {Quadri-} and {Lateral}.] Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quadrilateral \Quad`ri*lat"er*al\, n. 1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines. 2. An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano. {Complete quadrilateral} (Geom.), the figure made up of the six straight lines that can be drawn through four points, A, B, C, I, the lines being supposed to be produced indefinitely. | |
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Quadrilateralness \Quad`ri*lat"er*al*ness\, n. The property of being quadrilateral. | |
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Quadriliteral \Quad`ri*lit"er*al\, a. [Quadri- + literal.] Consisting of four letters. | |
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Quadrill82 \Qua`dril`l[82]"\, a. [F.] (Art) Marked with squares, generally by thin lines crossing at right angles and at equal intervals; as, quadrill[82] paper, or plotting paper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quadrille \Qua*drille"\, n. [F. quadrille, n. masc., cf. It. quadriglio; or perhaps from the Spanish. See {Quadrille} a dance.] A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded. --Hoyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quadrille \Qua*drille"\, n. [F. quadrille, n. fem., fr. Sp. cuadrilla meeting of four or more persons or It. quadriglia a band of soldiers, a sort of dance; dim. fr. L. quadra a square, fr. quattuor four. See {Quadrate}.] 1. A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set. 2. The appropriate music for a quadrille. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quadrillion \Quad*ril"lion\, n. [F., fr. L. quater four times, akin to quattuor four, E. four; -- formed like million. See {Four}, {Million}.] 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}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quadrilobate \Quad`ri*lo"bate\, Quadrilobed \Quad`ri*lobed\, a. [Quadri- + lobe: cf. F. quadrilob[82].] Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf. | |
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Quadrilobate \Quad`ri*lo"bate\, Quadrilobed \Quad`ri*lobed\, a. [Quadri- + lobe: cf. F. quadrilob[82].] Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf. | |
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Quadrilocular \Quad`ri*loc"u*lar\, a. [Quadri- + locular: cf. F. quadriloculaire.] Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart. | |
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Warty-back \Wart"y-back`\, n. An American fresh-water mussel ({Quadrula pustulosa}). Its shell is used in making buttons. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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