Quadricapsular Quad`ri·cap"su·lar adjective [
Quadri- +
capsular .]
(Botany) Having four capsules.
Quadriceps Quad"ri·ceps noun [ New Latin , from Latin
qyattuor four +
caput head.]
(Anat.) The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.
Quadricipital Quad`ri·cip"i·tal noun (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.
Quadricorn Quad"ri·corn noun [ See
Quadricornous .]
(Zoology) Any quadricornous animal.
Quadricornous Quad`ri·cor"nous adjective [
Quadri- + Latin
cornu horn: confer French
quadricorne .]
(Zoology) Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle.
Quadricostate Quad`ri·cos"tate adjective [
Quadri- +
costate .]
Having four ribs.
Quadridentate Quad`ri·den"tate adjective [
Quadri- +
dentate .]
Having four teeth; as, a quadridentate leaf.
Quadriennial Quad`ri·en"ni·al adjective Same as Quadrennial .
Quadrifarious Quad`ri·fa"ri·ous adjective [ Latin
quadrifarius fourfold, from
quattuor four: confer French
quadrifarié . Confer
Multifarious .]
Arranged in four rows or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves. Loudon.
Quadrifid Quad"ri·fid adjective [ Latin
quadrifidus ;
quattuor four +
findere to cleave: confer French
quadrifide .]
Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts; as, a quadrifid perianth; a quadrifid leaf.
Quadrifoil, Quadrifoliate Quad"ri·foil, Quad`ri·fo"li·ate adjective [
Quadri- + Latin
folium leaf.]
(Botany) Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.
Quadrifurcated Quad`ri·fur"ca·ted adjective [
Quadri- +
furcated .]
Having four forks, or branches.
Quadriga Quad·ri"ga noun ;
plural Quadrigæ . [ Latin See
Quadrijugous .]
(Rom. Antiq.) A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
Quadrigeminal, Quadrigeminous Quad`ri·gem"i·nal, Quad`ri·gem"i·nous adjective [
Quadri- + Latin
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 .
Quadrigenarious Quad`ri·ge·na"ri·ous adjective [ Latin
quadrigeni ,
quadringeni , four hundred each.]
Consisting of four hundred.
Quadrijugate Quad·rij"u·gate adjective Same as Quadrijugous .
Quadrijugous Quad·rij"u·gous adjective [ Latin
quadrijugus of a team of four;
quattuor four +
jugum yoke.]
(Botany) Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf.
Quadrilateral Quad`ri·lat"er·al adjective [ Latin
quadrilaterus : confer French
quadrilatère ,
quadrilatéral . See
Quadri- and
Lateral .]
Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular.
Quadrilateral Quad`ri·lat"er·al noun 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.
Quadrilateralness Quad`ri·lat"er·al·ness noun The property of being quadrilateral.
Quadriliteral Quad`ri·lit"er·al adjective [
Quadri- +
literal .]
Consisting of four letters.
Quadrille Qua·drille" noun [ French
quadrille , noun fem., from Spanish
cuadrilla meeting of four or more persons or Italian
quadriglia a band of soldiers, a sort of dance; dim. from Latin
quadra a square, from
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.
Quadrille Qua·drille" noun [ French
quadrille , noun masc., confer Italian
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.
Quadrillé Qua`dril`lé" adjective [ French]
(Art) Marked with squares, generally by thin lines crossing at right angles and at equal intervals; as, quadrillé paper, or plotting paper.
Quadrillion Quad·ril"lion noun [ French, from Latin
quater four times, akin to
quattuor four, English
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 .
Quadrilobate, Quadrilobed Quad`ri·lo"bate, Quad`ri·lobed adjective [
Quadri- +
lobe : confer French
quadrilobé .]
Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf.
Quadrilocular Quad`ri·loc"u·lar adjective [
Quadri- +
locular : confer French
quadriloculaire .]
Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart.
Quadrin Quad"rin noun [ Old French , from Latin
quadrini four each, from
quattuor four.]
A small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent. [ Obsolete]
Quadrinodal Quad`ri·nod"al adjective [
Quadri- +
nodal .]
(Math.) Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves.
Quadrinomial Quad`ri·no"mi·al noun [
Quadri- +
nomial , as in
binomial : confer French
quadrinôme .]
(Alg.) A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.
Quadrinomical Quad`ri·nom"ic·al adjective Quadrinomial.
Quadrinominal Quad`ri·nom"i·nal adjective [
Quadri- +
nominal .]
(Alg.) Quadrinomial. Sir W. R. Hamilton.
Quadripartite Quad·rip"ar·tite adjective [ Latin
quadripartitus , past participle of
quadripartire to divide into four parts;
quattuor four +
partire to divide: confer French
quadripartite .]
Divided into four parts.
Quadripartitely Quad·rip"ar·tite·ly adverb In four parts.
Quadripartition Quad`ri·par·ti"tion noun [ Latin
quadripartitio : confer French
quadripartition .]
A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.
Quadripennate Quad`ri·pen"nate adjective [
Quadri- +
pennate .]
(Zoology) Having four wings; -- said of insects.
Quadriphyllous Quad·riph"yl·lous adjective [
Quadri + Greek ... leaf.]
(Botany) Having four leaves; quadrifoliate.
Quadrireme Quad"ri·reme noun [ Latin
quadriremis ;
quattuor four +
remus an oar: confer French
quadrirème .]
(Antiq.) A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.
Quadrisection Quad`ri·sec"tion noun [
Quadri- +
section .]
A subdivision into four parts.
Quadrisulcate Quad`ri·sul"cate adjective [
Quadri +
sulcate .]
(Zoology) Having four hoofs; as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcate animal.
Quadrisyllabic, Quadri-syllabical Quad`ri·syl·lab"ic, Quad`ri-syl·lab"ic·al } Having four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word.
Quadrisyllable Quad`ri·syl"la·ble noun [
Quadri- +
syllable : confer French
quadrisyllabe .]
A word consisting of four syllables. De Quincey.
Quadrivalence Quad·riv"a·lence noun (Chemistry) The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.
Quadrivalent Quad·riv"a·lent adjective [
Quadri- + Latin
valens ,
-entis , present participle See
Valence .]
(Chemistry) Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.
Quadrivalve Quad"ri·valve adjective [
Quadri- +
valve : confer French
quadrivalve .]
(Botany) Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp.
Quadrivalve Quad"ri·valve noun (Architecture) A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.
Quadrivalvular Quad`ri·val"vu·lar adjective Having four valves; quadrivalve.
Quadrivial Quad·riv"i·al adjective [ Latin
quadrivium a place where four ways meet;
quattuor four +
via way.]
Having four ways meeting in a point. B. Jonson.
Quadrivial Quad·riv"i·al noun One of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
Quadrivium Quad·riv"i·um noun [ Latin ]
The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium .
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