quad
pronunciation
How to pronounce quad in British English:
UK [kwɒd]
How to pronounce quad in American English:
US [kwɑd]
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- Noun:
- one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
- (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words
- a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
Word Origin
- quad
- quad: see quarter
- quad
- 1820 as a shortening of quadrangle (n.) in the building sense (in this case "quadrangle of a college," Oxford student slang); 1880 as short for quadrat (n.); 1896 as quadruplet (n.), originally "bicycle for four riders;" later "one of four young at a single birth" (1951, of armadillos); 1970 as quadraphonic (adj.). Related: Quads.
Example
- 1. Cadets forming up in the barracks quad .
- 2. Small groups of students had gathered in the ancient quad .
- 3. Your mobo needs to support quad processing to have this .
- 4. We 're going streaking through the quad and into the gymnasium .
- 5. For girlfriends in the quad ?