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Quad
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- 1 Quadruple, four times the usual size or quantity. not-comparable
"Printing Plant Machinery, Type, Material, Fittings, Stock-in-Trade, Paper, &c., including QUAD-CROWN CYLINDER MACHINE, With Flyers, Riders, &c., by Miller & Richard."
- 2 Quadrille, marked with squares. not-comparable
- 1 An informal strategic forum between the United States, Japan, Australia, and India, focused on Asian security matters. informal
"China has seen it as a threat to its dominance in the region, saying the Quad is a U.S. attempt to create an Asian version of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization directly aimed at counterbalancing its interests."
- 2 A coalition committee that resolved party disputes during the Cameron–Clegg coalition. UK, historical
- 3 A grouping of the United States, Japan, Australia, and India. broadly
"But coordination in shifts in rates by global groupings like the Group of 7, the Indo-Pacific “Quad” and perhaps the Shangri-La Dialogue in Asia would send a powerful message."
- 1 Clipping of quadrat.; A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type. obsolete
"“Quadrats, sir. We call 'em quads.” […] Quads are the spaces left between the paragraphs that come white on the paper. If you look here, at this page that is set-up, you will see that they are deeper than the spaces left between the words and letters—regular little trenches."
- 2 a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings wordnet
- 3 Clipping of quadrat.; A joke used to fill long days of setting type. obsolete, slang
- 4 (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences wordnet
- 5 Clipping of quadrat.; A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as quad left, quad right, or quad centre. obsolete
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- 6 a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg wordnet
- 7 A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard). informal
"Gilt-backed books on gilded shelf or table caught the eye, and as you turned your glance from the luxurious interiors to the well-shorn lawn in the Quad with its classic fountain also gilded by sunbeams, the mental vision saw plainly written over the whole "The Union of Luxury and Learning.""
- 8 one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy wordnet
- 9 A horse, from colloquial or humorous quadruped specifically for horse. colloquial, dated
"The quads is all right, barrin’ that the bay is blind o’ the left eye, and the chestnut a bit weak in the off fore."
- 10 Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.; A poster advertising a cinematic film release, measuring forty by thirty inches, four times the area of crown paper.
- 11 Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.; A quadruple, a jump with four revolutions in the air.
- 12 Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.; A serving of four shots of espresso; (attributive) containing four shots of espresso.
"A grande iced quad latte with milk is $6.65 + tax, whereas a quad over ice with milk added at the self-serve station is only $3.65 + tax"
- 13 Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.; A skate with four wheels.
"These are the quads I recommend for newbies."
- 14 Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”). abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
"The Pair, Triples, and Quads can be formed with both Honor and Suit Tiles."
- 15 Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).; A group of four insulated wires twisted together to form two circuits of two wires each.
- 16 Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).; A quad antenna, a directional radio antenna consisting of multiple loop antennas.
- 17 Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).; A quadruplet, one of four babies born during the same birth. informal
"My husband Jim was home[…] and so were my children: Samantha, 4, and the quadruplets, Zachary, Danielle, Amanda, and Elisabeth. The quads were eighteen months old and in their usual fine form — singing, banging, pushing each other, and toddling into impossible places."
- 18 Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).; A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
- 19 Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).; The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume. Mormonism
- 20 Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).; Of or relating to quads (four of a kind). attributive, slang
"Both players had four of a kind. A had quad fours; B had quad deuces."
- 21 The quadriceps muscle. informal
"Aesthetics aside, if you train your quads while neglecting your hamstrings, you're setting yourself up for an eventual injury."
- 22 Quadruplex videotape. informal
"The high band color quadruplex format is recommended for the following reasons: 1. Quad is now the accepted industry standard world-wide with over 90% of all television broadcast operations using this format for video recording."
- 23 A quadriplegic person. informal
"The worse was the realization that this was my new reality. This too was Bill's debut as a husband of a quad and his first social gathering since June 22."
- 24 A unit of energy equivalent to a quadrillion BTU (10¹⁵ BTU).
- 25 A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, usually used for recreation or farm work.
"Cad was a ferocious driver of a quad, much given to wheelies, jumps and stunts in general."
- 26 A quadrilateral. informal
"System Rasterization Primitives • Polygons • Triangles, Trapezoids, Quads"
- 27 A quadcopter. informal
"Today you can buy quadrotor drones—also known as quadcopters—of just about any kind, for just about any price. The extremely wealthy can buy gold-plated quads, and the rest of us can buy tiny plastic ones."
- 28 A quadrupel beer. informal
"So what’s the beer for this great dish? You guessed it — Belgian quad. “I don’t usually pair the same beer with the one used in the recipe,” Bill explains, “but drinking a great quad with this dish really elevates both the food and the beer in a special way.”"
- 1 To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out. intransitive, transitive
- 2 To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it. intransitive, transitive
- 3 To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together. transitive
"Can you "quad" the cable?"
- 4 To ride a quad bike. intransitive
"visibility was perfect and mud was plentiful for our quadding adventure."
Etymology
Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple. The typography senses are from the abbreviation quad. for obsolete quadrat; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense.
Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple. The typography senses are from the abbreviation quad. for obsolete quadrat; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense.
Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple. The typography senses are from the abbreviation quad. for obsolete quadrat; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense.
Short for Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.
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