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quadru-
quadru- (ˈkwɒdruː) a variant of quadri-; in L. restricted to a few formations in which the second element begins with p, as quadrupēs, quadruplex, quadruplus, and their derivatives. Apart from words based on these L. forms, mod. Eng. has quadru- only in quadrumanous etc. (after quadruped), but a few...
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Quadrumana
‖ Quadrumana, n. pl. Zool. (kwəˈdruːmənə) [neut. pl. (sc. animālia) of mod.L. quadrumanus four-handed, f. quadru- quadru- + manus hand. Cf. Bimana.] An order of mammals, including monkeys, apes, baboons, and lemurs, of which the hind as well as the fore feet have an opposable digit, so that they can...
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quadruplane
quadruplane (ˈkwɒdruːpleɪn) Also quadri-. [f. quadru- + plane n.3] An aeroplane having four sets of wings, one above another.1909 A. Berget Conquest of Air 141 Naturally we can make triplanes or quadriplanes, but one must not proceed too far in this direction. 1909 Times 17 Aug. 10/5 Major Baden-Pow...
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quadruped
quadruped, n. (a.) (ˈkwɒdruːpɛd) Also 7–8 -pede. [ad. L. quadrupēs, -ped-is, four-footed, a four-footed beast, f. quadru- quadru- + pēs foot.] 1. An animal which has four feet. (Usually confined to mammals, and excluding four-footed reptiles.)1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 104 Quadrupedes, Volatills ...
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quadruplex
quadruplex, a. and n. (ˈkwɒdrʊplɛks) [a. L. quadruplex fourfold, f. quadru- + plic-, to fold.] A. adj. 1. Electric Telegraphy. Applied to a system by which four messages can be sent over one wire at the same time.1875 Knight Dict. Mech. 1842/1 Quadruplex Telegraph. 1879 G. B. Prescott Sp. Telephone ...
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quadrupole
quadrupole, n. and a. Physics. (ˈkwɒdruːpəʊl) Also quadri-. [ad. Du. quadrupool: see quadru-, quadri-, and pole n.2] A. n. a. A multipole of order l = 2 (cf. multipole n.). Usu. attrib.1922 Proc. Sect. Sci. K. Akad. Wetensch. Amsterdam XXIII. 939 Assuming the molecules to act on each other as electr...
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quadruple
▪ I. quadruple, a., n., and adv. (ˈkwɒdruːp(ə)l) Also 6 quadriple, 8 quadruble. [a. F. quadruple (13th c., OF. also quadruble), ad. L. quadruplus, f. quadru- quadru- + -plus as in duplus double. An earlier form in Eng. was quatreble, q.v. The stressing quaˈdruple (see quots. a 1745 and 1820 in A) is...
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quadriplegic
quadriplegic, a. and n. Med. (kwɒdrɪˈpliːdʒɪk) Also quadra-, quadru-. [f. prec. + -ic.] A. adj. Suffering from quadriplegia. B. n. A quadriplegic person.1921 Brain XLIV. 438 Three of the quadriplegic patients..showed extensive reflex reactions involving the trunk and limbs. 1961 Webster, Quadriplegi...
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quadripartition
quadripartition (ˌkwɒdrɪpɑːˈtɪʃən) Also 7 quadru-. [ad. L. quadripartītio (Varro): see prec. and partition.] Division into or by four.1650 Fuller Pisgah ii. viii. §3 The quadripartition of the Greek empire into four parts. 1690 Leybourn Curs. Math. 144 The..Rules..of Logarithms, whereby..the Square ...
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quadri-
▪ I. quadri- (ˈkwɒdrɪ) a first element used in combs. with the sense ‘having, consisting of, connected with, etc. four (things specified)’. The L. quadri- was so employed in a few words during the classical period, as in the ns. quadriduum, quadriennium, quadrirēmis, quadrivium, the adjs. quadrifidu...
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