different between quadrant vs quad

English

Alternative forms

• quadraunt (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadrantem, accusative singular of quadr?ns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kw?d?r?nt, IPA^(key): /?kw?d.??nt/

Noun

quadrant (plural quadrants)

1. One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
2. (mathematics) One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
3. (geometry) One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°.
4. (nautical) A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.
5. (college basketball) One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule.

Translations

See also

• octant
• sextant

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin quadr?ns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kw??d?ant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kw??d?an/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kwa?d?ant/

Noun

quadrant m (plural quadrants)

1. quadrant

Further reading

• “quadrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quadrant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “quadrant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “quadrant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin quadr?ns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).

Noun

quadrant m (plural quadrants)

1. quadrant

Further reading

• “quadrant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

quadrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of quadr?

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kw?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kw?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Etymology 1

From Latin.

Noun

quad (plural quads)

1. Four shots of espresso.
2. (chess) A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
3. (Mormonism) The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
4. A poster, measuring forty by thirty inches, advertising a cinematic film release.

Adjective

quad (not comparable)

1. Having four shots of espresso.

Derived terms

See also

• quadr-, quadri-
• quadru-
• quin

Etymology 2

Clippings.

Noun

quad (plural quads)

1. (informal) A quadrangle (courtyard).
   • 2014, Walker Orenstein, for Norwest Asian Weekly, Cherry trees from Japan to grace UW campus:

     Every spring, the quad on the University of Washington (UW) campus transforms from a peaceful green space to a bustling habitat for hundreds of shuttering cameras, families, and onlookers.

2. (informal) A quadruplet (infant).
3. (informal, computer graphics) A quadrilateral.
   • 2010, Tony Mullen, Claudio Andaur, Blender Studio Projects: Digital Movie-Making (page 91)

     Tris and quads have different areas of functionality. In real-time graphics, tris are the norm because they provide the most basic geometric representations of planes.

4. (informal) The quadriceps muscle.
5. (informal) A quadriplegic person.
6. (informal) Quadruplex videotape.
7. (informal) A quadrupel beer.
8. (informal) A quadcopter.

Derived terms

Adjective

quad (not comparable)

1. (poker slang) Of or relating to quads.

Translations

Etymology 3

Abbreviation

Noun

quad (plural quads)

1. A quad bike (from quadricycle)
2. Abbreviation of quadrillion BTU. (10¹⁵ BTU)

See also

• Quad (unit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

Verb

quad (third-person singular simple present quads, present participle quadding, simple past and past participle quadded)

1. to ride a quad bike

Etymology 4

1785 Quads. pl, 1847 quads, verb 1876. From the abbreviation quad., for obsolete quadrat. Keyboard command is named for the verb sense.

Alternative forms

• quad. (obsolete)

Noun

quad (plural quads)

1. (letterpress typography) A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
   • 1853, Charles Dickens, “Household Words”, n 160 (April 16), p 148:

      “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.

   • 1979, Marshall Lee, Bookmaking, p 110:

     Horizontal spacing is further divided into multiples and fractions of the em. The multiples are called quads. The fractions are called spaces.

   • 2005, Phil Baines and Andrew Haslam, Type & Typography, 2nd ed, p 91:

     Other larger spaces – known as quads – were used to space out lines.

2. (printing slang) A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
3. (typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting) 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.

Synonyms

• em space
• quadrat (obsolete)

Derived terms

Verb

quad (third-person singular simple present quads, present participle quadding, simple past and past participle quadded)

1. (letterpress typography, transitive, intransitive) To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
2. (typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting, transitive, intransitive) To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.

Dutch

Etymology

From English quad.

Pronunciation

Noun

quad m (plural quads, diminutive quadje n)

1. quad, quad bike

Italian

Noun

quad m (invariable)

1. quad bike

Polish

Etymology

From English quad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?t/

Noun

quad m inan

1. quad bike

   Synonyms: czteroko?owiec, wsz?do?az

Declension

Further reading

• quad in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• quad in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

quad f (plural quads)

1. all-terrain vehicle