Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word QUAD

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Definitions of QUAD

1. (informal) A quadrupel beer.
2. (transitive) To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
3. (typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting, transitive, intransitive) To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.
4. (informal) An informal strategic forum between the United States, Japan, Australia and India, focused on Asian security matters.
5. (by extension) A grouping of the United States, Japan, Australia and India.
6. (UK politics, historical) A coalition committee that resolved party disputes during the Cameron–Clegg coalition.
7. Quadruple, four times the usual size or quantity. [from 1880s]
8. (typesetting, obsolete) Abbreviation of quadrat#Etymology 2. [18th to 19th century]
9. (informal) A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard). [from 1780s]
10. (colloquial, dated) A horse, from colloquial or humorous quadruped specifically for horse. [from 1850s]
11. Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.
12. Clipping of quadruplet ("a set of four; one of a set of four"). [from 1890s]
13. (informal) The quadriceps muscle. [from 1950s]
14. (informal) Quadruplex videotape. [from 1960s]
15. (informal) A quadriplegic person. [from 1970s]
16. A unit of energy equivalent to a quadrillion BTU (10¹⁵ BTU). [from 1970s]
17. A quad bike. [from 1980s]
18. (informal, computer graphics) A quadrilateral. [from 1980s]
19. (informal) A quadcopter. [from 2000s]
20. (paper) Quadrille, marked with squares.
21. (typography, metal type, transitive, intransitive) To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
22. (intransitive) To ride a quad bike.

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Examples of Using QUAD in a Sentence

• It can be played with traditional roller skates (quad skates) or with inline skates and use either a ball or puck.
• Series co-creator Bill Motz revealed that the quad cities in the area of Illinois and Iowa were the inspiration for the show's setting.
• The village is in Allamakee County's southwestern corner and Clayton County's northwestern corner in a quad county, or four-corner region, where four counties intersect.
• Its grounds contain a number of architecturally significant buildings including Tom Tower (designed by Sir Christopher Wren), Tom Quad (the largest quadrangle in Oxford), and the Great Dining Hall, which was the seat of the parliament assembled by King Charles I during the English Civil War.
• Now called Saskadena Six, it has developed into a small ski resort with a moderate-size lodge, a quad chairlift installed in 2017, and large snowmaking capabilities.
• Initially designed by William Saunders, the Illinois State University campus quadrangle (commonly known as The Quad), is a popular outdoor venue for students and the local community.
• Whistler is served by a total of 19 lifts; 2 gondolas, 5 high-speed detachable quad chair lifts, 4 high-speed detachable sixpack chair lifts, 2 fixed grip triple chair lifts, 1 T-bar (called T-bars but parallel T-Bar was removed however towers and stations still mostly stand) and 7 carpet lifts.
• It had been started by a stranded quad rider, Valinda Jo Elliott, trying to signal a news helicopter.
• This debate has arisen since the early 2000s, when four-door cars such as the Mazda RX-8 and Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class have been marketed as "four-door coupés" or "quad coupés", although the Rover P5 was a much earlier example, with a variant introduced in 1962 having a lower, sleeker roofline marketed as the Rover P5 Coupé.
• The seventh quad engined, long-range jet airliner to fly (the predecessors being the De Havilland Comet (1949), Avro Jetliner (1949), Boeing 707 (1954), Douglas DC-8 (1958), Vickers VC10 (1962), and experimental Tupolev Tu-110 (1957)), it was the first such type to be operated by the Soviet Union and a number of allied nations.

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