English Online Dictionary. What means quad? What does quad mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kwɑd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kwɒd/
- Rhymes: -ɒd
Etymology 1
From Latin.
Noun
quad (plural quads)
- A serving of four shots of espresso.
- (chess) A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
- (Mormonism) The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
- A poster, measuring forty by thirty inches, advertising a cinematic film release.
Adjective
quad (not comparable)
- Having four shots of espresso.
Derived terms
See also
- quadr-, quadri-
- quadru-
- quin
Etymology 2
Clippings.
Noun
quad (plural quads)
- (informal) A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).
- (informal) A quadruplet (infant).
- (informal, computer graphics) A quadrilateral.
- (informal) The quadriceps muscle.
- (informal) A quadriplegic person.
- (informal) Quadruplex videotape.
- (informal) A quadrupel beer.
- (informal) A quadcopter.
- A skate with four wheels.
- (skating) Clipping of quadruple (“kind of jump in figure skating”).
Derived terms
Adjective
quad (not comparable)
- (poker slang) Of or relating to quads.
Translations
Verb
quad (third-person singular simple present quads, present participle quadding, simple past and past participle quadded)
- (transitive) To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation
Noun
quad (plural quads)
- A quad bike.
- Abbreviation of quadrillion BTU. (1015 BTU)
Translations
See also
- Quad (unit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
quad (third-person singular simple present quads, present participle quadding, simple past and past participle quadded)
- 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)
- (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.
- 2005, Phil Baines and Andrew Haslam, Type & Typography, 2nd ed, p 91:
- Other larger spaces – known as quads – were used to space out lines.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, “Household Words”, n 160 (April 16), p 148:
- (printing slang) A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
- (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)
- (letterpress typography, transitive, intransitive) To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
- (typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting, transitive, intransitive) To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkwat/
Noun
quad m (plural quads)
- Clipping of quadricicle.
Dutch
Etymology
From English quad.
Pronunciation
Noun
quad m (plural quads, diminutive quadje n)
- quad, quad bike
Italian
Noun
quad m (invariable)
- quad bike
Old High German
Verb
quad
- first/third-person singular past indicative of quedan
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English quad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwat/
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: quad
Noun
quad m inan
- quad bike
- Synonyms: czterokołowiec, wszędołaz, kład
Declension
Further reading
- quad in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- quad in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Noun
quad f (plural quads)
- all-terrain vehicle
Further reading
- “quad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014