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Quadrivalent
a.
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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
a.
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Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp.
Quadrivalve
n.
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A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.
Quadrivalvular
a.
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Having four valves; quadrivalve.
Quadrivial
a.
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Having four ways meeting in a point.
Quadrivial
n.
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One of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
Quadrivium
n.
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The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium.
Quadroon
n.
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The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded.
Quadroxide
n.
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A tetroxide.
Quadrumana
n. pl.
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A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone.
Quadrumane
n.
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One of the Quadrumana.
Quadrumanous
a.
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Having four hands; of or pertaining to the Quadrumana.
Quadruped
a.
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Having four feet.
Quadruped
n.
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An animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals.
Quadrupedal
a.
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Having four feet; of or pertaining to a quadruped.
Quadruple
a.
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Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance.
Quadruple
n.
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four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.
Quadrupled
imp. & p. p.
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of Quadruple
Quadrupling
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Quadruple
Quadruple
v. t.
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To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.
Quadruple
v. i.
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To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.
Quadruplex
a.
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Fourfold; folded or doubled twice.
Quadruplicated
imp. & p. p.
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of Quadruplicate
Quadruplicating
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Quadruplicate
Quadruplicate
v. t.
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To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.
Quadruplicate
a.
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Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion.
Quadruplicate
a.
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Raised to the fourth power.
Quadruplication
n.
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The act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.
Quadruply
adv.
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To a fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; as, to be quadruply recompensed.
Quaere
v. imperative.
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Inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation.