quadri-comb. form
1. Having four, fourfold.† quadrialate adj. Obsolete rare having four alae or winglike processes.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.† quadriarticulated adj. Zoology Obsolete rare = quadriarticulate adj.† quadricapsular adj. [after post-classical Latin quadricapsularis (1715 or earlier)] Botany Obsolete rare (of a fruit) having or composed of four capsules; (of a plant) bearing fruit of this type.† quadricapsulate adj. Zoology Obsolete rare consisting of or containing four capsules; (in quot. 1893, with reference to the polar capsules of a myxosporidean spore).† quadricornous adj. Obsolete rare having four horns; cf. quadricorn adj.† quadricrescentoid adj. Zoology Obsolete rare = quadricrescentic adj.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.† quadrigeminous adj. Obsolete rare = quadrigeminal adj. 2.† quadrihilate adj. Botany Obsolete rare (of pollen grains) having four apertures.† quadrijugous adj. Botany Obsolete rare = quadrijugate adj. (a).† quadrilibral adj. [compare classical Latin quadrilībris containing four pounds weight.] Obsolete rare containing or consisting of four pounds.† quadrimood adj. [after post-classical Latin quadrimodus having four moods (14th cent.; 1517 in the passage translated in quot. 1609; 4th cent. in sense ‘fourfold’)] Music Obsolete rare having four moods (mood n.2 3).† quadrinomical adj. Obsolete rare = quadrinomial adj.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.† quadriphyllous adj. Botany Obsolete rare having four leaves, petals, or sepals.† quadripulmonary adj. Zoology Obsolete rare (of a spider) having two pairs of pulmonary sacs.† quadrisacramentalist n. Obsolete = quadrisacramentarian n.† quadrisacramentarian n. Church History Obsolete rare a member of a 16th-cent. German reformist sect which held the four sacraments of baptism, the Eucharist, absolution, and holy orders to be necessary for salvation.† quadrisulc adj. [ < quadri- comb. form + classical Latin sulcus (see sulcus n.); compare post-classical Latin quadrisulcus (1693 or earlier)] Zoology Obsolete (of a ruminant mammal) having the foot divided into four digits; cf. quadrisulcate adj.† quadrisulcated adj. Botany Obsolete rare having four grooves or furrows; cf. quadrisulcate adj.
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1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Quadrialate, having four wings, or wing-like appendages.
quadriannulate adj. 
/ˌkwɒdrɪˈanjᵿleɪt/, /ˌkwɑdriˈænjəˌleɪt/ [after scientific Latin quadriannulatus (1809 as a specific name)] Zoology rare having, consisting of, or marked with four rings or ringlike sections.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrɪˈanjᵿlət/
, /ˌkwɒdrɪˈanjᵿlət//ˌkwɒdrɪˈanjᵿleɪt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdriˈænjələt/
, /ˌkwɑdriˈænjələt//ˌkwɑdriˈænjəˌleɪt/ΚΠ
1856 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 321 Abdomen quadriannulate, oval.
1954 Amer. Midland Naturalist 52 462 [Of a leech.] [Somites] IX through XXIII are quinquiannulate (15 complete, 5-annulate somites), all approximately equal. [Somite] XXIV quadriannulate.
quadriarticulate adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrɪɑːˈtɪkjᵿlət/
, /ˌkwɒdrɪɑːˈtɪkjᵿlət/U.S. /ˌkwɑdriˌɑrˈtɪkjələt/
[after post-classical Latin quadriarticulatus (1803 in Fabricius)] Zoology having four joints./ˌkwɑdriˌɑrˈtɪkjələt/ΚΠ
1818 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1 406 Intermediate palpi with the preceding, situate on the back of the maxillæ, quadriarticulate, first joint abbreviated.
1918 Sci. Monthly June 523 The comparatively simple antennæ, quadriarticulate palpi and toothed claws defines a dominant willow group [of gall midges].
1954 Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 12 138 Tarsi filiform, the posterior pentamerous, [the] intermediate quadriarticulate, the anterior seemingly also 4-jointed.
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1831 H. McMurtrie tr. P. A. Latreille in G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom IV. 14 Sometimes the elytra and wings are tectiform, and the tarsi are quadriarticulated [Fr. les tarses ont quatre articles].
quadribasic adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈbeɪsɪk/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈbeɪsɪk/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈbeɪsɪk/
Chemistry = tetrabasic adj.; (also) †= tetratomic adj. a (obsolete)./ˌkwɑdrəˈbeɪsɪk/ΚΠ
1849 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 139 517 As in the case of the different phosphoric acids, one is quadribasic, while the other is tribasic.
1866 Chem. News 13 299/1 The author..has formed a quadribasic tartrate of zinc C8H2Zn4O12 + HO.
1952 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 74 871/2 The germano-12 acid is more stable, giving on titration an inflection due to the neutralization of a strong quadribasic acid.
2006 Jrnl. Chromatogr. A. 1104 175/2 Bisphosphonates belong to quadribasic acid[s],..capable of forming multiply charged ions in solution.
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1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Quadricapsular,..having a seed pod divided into four partitions.
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. P7v Quadricapsulare pericarpium, a Quadricapsular pericarp. Having four capsules to a flower: as in Rhodiola.
1858 W. Whewell Hist. Sci. Ideas 383 The herbaceous plants are divided into climbers, leguminous, siliquose, unicapsular, bicapsular, tricapsular, quadricapsular, quinquecapsular.
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1893 Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 1891 11 418 Quadricapsulate Chloromyxa; type C. leydigii.
quadricarinate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈkarᵻnət/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈkɛrənət/ [after scientific Latin quadricarinatus (1814 as a specific name)] Botany and Zoology having four (parallel) ridges or keels.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈkarᵻneɪt/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈkarᵻneɪt//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈkarᵻnət/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈkɛrəˌneɪt/
, /ˌkwɑdrəˈkɛrəˌneɪt//ˌkwɑdrəˈkɛrənət/ΚΠ
1872 C. Thomas in F. V. Hayden Prelim. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. Montana iv. iv. 448 The face tricarinate, or rather quadricarinate, as the frontal ridge is so deeply sulcate that it forms two distinct carinæ, which meet at the vertex.
1927 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 53 104 [Anaulocomera] uncinata shows the nearest relationship to A. alfaroi Rehn, agreeing very closely in all features except..the male tegmina and the very distinctive quadricarinate male cerci.
1987 Brittonia 39 23 Staminate flowers..subtended by..a rigid quadricarinate, deeply biconcave, ciliate bracteole.
quadricellular adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsɛljᵿlə/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsɛljᵿlə/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈsɛljələr/
Biology rare having or consisting of four cells./ˌkwɑdrəˈsɛljələr/ΚΠ
1887 H. E. F. Garnsey tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi x. 463 (caption) A quadricellular [Ger. vierzelliges] rod..after treatment with an alcoholic solution of iodine.
1944 Jrnl. Paleontol. 18 277/2 Douvillé..noted the similarity between the quadricellular complex proloculus of Orbitoides and the tetrad of the liverwort ‘Fegatella’.
quadriciliate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsɪlɪeɪt/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈsɪliˌeɪt/ Biology (of a spore) having four cilia or hairlike processes.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsɪlɪət/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsɪlɪət//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsɪlɪeɪt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈsɪliət/
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1857 M. J. Berkeley Introd. Cryptogamic Bot. 163 The biciliate spores..do not arise..from the same tissue as the quadriciliate.
1918 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 5 215 The possibility of Gomontia being one of the genera which possess a quadriciliate zoospore and a biciliate gamete has..been recognized from the first.
2004 European Jrnl. Protistology 40 22/1 Heterolobosea..belong in the probably ancestrally quadriciliate excavate phylum Percolozoa.
quadricipital adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsɪpᵻtl/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsɪpᵻtl/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈsɪpəd(ə)l/
Anatomy (of a muscle) having four points of origin (heads); spec. of, relating to, or designating the quadriceps muscle./ˌkwɑdrəˈsɪpəd(ə)l/ΚΠ
1855 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals (ed. 2) 487 Both of the so-divided adductors, by reason of their ventral confluent attachment, may be regarded as constituting one quadricipital muscle.
1896 D. J. Cunningham Man. Pract. Anat. (ed. 2) II. 102 The Occipito-frontalis (epicranius) is a quadricipital muscle.
1989 Jrnl. Pediatric Orthopaedics 9 174 A progressive release and lengthening of the quadricipital tendon was necessary in all cases.
2003 Joint Bone Spine 70 243/1 Two children aged 5 and 6 years, respectively,..had quadricipital histological abnormalities typical of MMF [= macrophagic myofasciitis].
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Quadricornous.
1860 Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1 142 If Myriophyllum can be justly claimed an epigynous callitrichine form, on the ground of its habit and the quadricornous fruit, then probably the whole of Oleraceæ..belong thither.
quadricostate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈkɒstət/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈkɑstət/ [after scientific Latin quadricostatus (1814 as a specific name)] Zoology having four costae or ribs.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈkɒsteɪt/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈkɒsteɪt//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈkɒstət/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈkɑˌsteɪt/
, /ˌkwɑdrəˈkɑˌsteɪt//ˌkwɑdrəˈkɑstət/ΚΠ
1878 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1877–8 17 562 Elytra tricostate in the former and quadricostate in the latter.
1950 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 76 13 The various modifications of elytral sculpture are all derived from the same basic quadricostate pattern.
1989 Jrnl. Paleontol. 63 315/1 Shaler and Foerste (1888) chose the name quadricostatus for this species in reference to the ‘quadricostate’ outline of the shell formed by both the ridges along the dorsal sulcus and by the lateral margins.
quadricotyledonous adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻkɒtlˈiːdn̩əs/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻkɒtlˈiːdn̩əs/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˌkɑdlˈidn̩əs/
Botany rare having two cotyledons so deeply divided as to appear as four cotyledons.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries./ˌkwɑdrəˌkɑdlˈidn̩əs/ΚΠ
1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1058/1 Quadricotyledoneus, applied to an embryo with four cotyledons, as in the Pinus Americana.]
1902 N.E.D. at Quadri- comb.form Quadricotyledonous, having two deeply divided (and thus apparently four) cotyledons.
quadricrescentic adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻkrᵻˈsɛntɪk/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻkrᵻˈsɛntɪk/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəkrəˈsɛn(t)ɪk/
Zoology rare (of a molar tooth) having four crescent-shaped folds./ˌkwɑdrəkrəˈsɛn(t)ɪk/ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Quadricrescentic, having four crescents; quadricrescentoid.
1945 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 34 23/2 The conules on the upper molars of Protereodon..were additions to a primitively quadricrescentic molar.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Quadricrescentoid, having four crescentic folds: noting a pattern of selenodont dentition.
quadricuspid adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈkʌspɪd/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈkʌspɪd/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈkəspəd/
[after scientific Latin quadricuspidus (1780 as a specific name)] Anatomy and Zoology (originally of a tooth, later also of a heart valve) having four cusps or points; cf. tricuspid adj./ˌkwɑdrəˈkəspəd/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > substance or parts of teeth > [adjective] > crown and parts
cuspidate1693
coronary1823
multicuspid1838
quadricuspid1839
multicuspidate1841
quadricuspidate1841
cuspidal1867
intracoronal1940
1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 461/2 The lower two grinders are narrower than the upper ones, and both quadricuspid.
1947 Amer. Heart Jrnl. 34 201/8 (table) Quadricuspid pulm. valve.
1993 Jrnl. Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surg. 106 1133 The truncal valve was bicuspid in 11 hearts, tricuspid in 25 hearts, and quadricuspid in eight hearts.
1997 Mem. Queensland Mus. 41 193/1 A more extensive posterolingual cingular shelf..appeared to anticipate development of the quadricuspid premolars of primitive zygomaturines.
quadricuspidate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈkʌspᵻdət/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈkəspədət/ [after scientific Latin quadricuspidatus (1780 as a specific name)] Zoology (of a tooth) quadricuspid, quadritubercular.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈkʌspᵻdeɪt/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈkʌspᵻdeɪt//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈkʌspᵻdət/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈkəspəˌdeɪt/
, /ˌkwɑdrəˈkəspəˌdeɪt//ˌkwɑdrəˈkəspədət/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > substance or parts of teeth > [adjective] > crown and parts
cuspidate1693
coronary1823
multicuspid1838
quadricuspid1839
multicuspidate1841
quadricuspidate1841
cuspidal1867
intracoronal1940
1841 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 264/2 The three quadricuspidate grinders of the upper jaw.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 402/1 The molars [are] broad and quadricuspidate.
1932 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 71 265 Above the alveolus, the quadricuspidate crown leans posteriorly and lingually.
2005 Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 18 51/1 In Agriotherium africanum this tooth has the basic quadricuspidate pattern.
quadricycle n.
Brit. /ˈkwɒdrᵻˌsʌɪkl/
, /ˈkwɒdrᵻˌsʌɪkl/U.S. /ˈkwɑdrəˌsaɪk(ə)l/
(also quadracycle) a four-wheeled cycle./ˈkwɑdrəˌsaɪk(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > cycle with more than three wheels > cycle with four wheels
quadricycle1869
quad1995
1869 Sci. Amer. May 282/3 Monocycle, bicycle, tricycle, quadricycle, are terms used to indicate the number of wheels.
1884 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. Mar. 86/1 A quadricycle of the form of the Coventry.
1963 A. Bird & F. Hutton-Stott Veteran Motor Car Pocketbk. 90 Between about 1898 and 1908 more than 100 different makes of bicycle, tricycle, quadricycle, tricar, fore-car and light car proper..were powered by De Dion Bouton engines.
1979 Time 8 Jan. 80/3 Wilson is proposing a two-seat lunar vehicle or quadracycle, made of lightweight metals.
2006 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 2 Aug. e1 Have you seen all those interesting-looking contraptions that appear to be bicycles, tricycles or quadricycles with people leaning forward, leaning backward, and pedalling with their hands and feet, or both?
quadridigitate adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈdɪdʒᵻteɪt/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈdɪdʒᵻteɪt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈdɪdʒᵻˌteɪt/
[compare scientific Latin quadridigitatus (1842 as a specific name)] Biology rare having four divisions resembling fingers; (of a leaf) quadrifoliolate./ˌkwɑdrəˈdɪdʒᵻˌteɪt/ΚΠ
1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 150 Quadridigitate, digitate in four divisions.
1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1058/2 Quadridigitatus,..applied to a leaf, the petiole of which terminates in four folioles..quadridigitate.
1939 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 58 468 Floscularia pedunculata [sc. a rotifer]... On each side of anterior end of body, a quadridigitate cuticular process.
quadrifocal adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfəʊkl/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfəʊkl/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈfoʊk(ə)l/
Mathematics and Physics having or involving four foci./ˌkwɑdrəˈfoʊk(ə)l/ΚΠ
1869 Proc. Royal Soc. 18 208 Endless varieties of such forms, all closed curves free from discontinuity of form and of motion, may be obtained by using four foci instead of two. They may be called from this property quadrifocal stream-lines.
2005 Computer Vision & Image Understanding 97 284 The camera geometry can be represented by the fundamental matrix, the trifocal or the quadrifocal tensor, respectively.
quadrifoliate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfəʊlɪeɪt/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈfoʊliˌeɪt/ Botany (a) = quadrifoliolate adj.; (b) having or consisting of whorls of four leaves.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfəʊlɪət/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfəʊlɪət//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfəʊlɪeɪt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈfoʊliət/
, /ˌkwɑdrəˈfoʊliət//ˌkwɑdrəˈfoʊliˌeɪt/ΚΠ
1757 J. Hill Eden 377 Quadrifoliate Bignonia... The leaves are oblong, broad, and not unlike those of the Laurel... They rise in regular Number, four from each Joint.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 341 The leaves..are ranged in alternating, usually quadrifoliate whorls.
1951 Brittonia 7 171 Further collections..are desirable to substantiate the quadrifoliate condition of the leaves.
quadrifoliolate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfəʊlɪəleɪt/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈfoʊliəˌleɪt/ Botany (of a compound leaf or frond) having four leaflets, esp. growing from the same point.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfəʊlɪələt/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfəʊlɪələt//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfəʊlɪəleɪt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈfoʊliələt/
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1839 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 463 We say..quadrifoliolate, when there are four [leaflets] from the same point; as in Marsilea quadrifolia.
1937 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 27 133 Leaves palmately compound, quadrifoliolate; leaflets simple, entire..; plants rooted in mud, leaves above the water... Marsilea.
1989 Phytopathology 79 156/1 Two symptom variants of peanut stripe virus, stripe (PStV-S) and blotch (PStV-B), were compared ultrastructurally in the seventh quadrifoliolate leaf of systemically infected peanut (Arachis hypogaea ‘Florigiant’).
quadrifrontal adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfrʌntl/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfrʌntl/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈfrən(t)l/
[compare post-classical Latin quadrifrons having four faces (5th cent.)] (esp. of an arch) having four faces or sides./ˌkwɑdrəˈfrən(t)l/ΚΠ
1880 R. Burn Old Rome v. 120 The southern corner of the rectangle was occupied by a quadrifrontal archway..near..the Via della Catena di Pescaria.
1922 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeology 26 115 The recent measures taken by the Italian engineers to free the quadrifrontal arch of Marcus Aurelius at Tripoli from modern structures.
1994 Art Bull. 76 716/3 Later..she supports the idea of a Janus shrine as a quadrifrontal arch ‘in or near the entrance to the Forum Romanum’.
quadrifurcate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻfəːˈkeɪt/, /ˌkwɒdrᵻfəˈkeɪt/, /ˈkwɒdrᵻfəkeɪt/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈfərkət/, /ˈkwɑdrəfərˌkeɪt/ [compare post-classical Latin quadrifurcatus four-pronged (14th cent. in a British source)] having four branches; branching into four.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfəːkeɪt/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfəːkeɪt//ˌkwɒdrᵻfəːˈkeɪt//ˌkwɒdrᵻfəˈkeɪt//ˈkwɒdrᵻfəkeɪt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈfərˌkeɪt/
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1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §406 The lobes [of the anther] may divide..at the apex, so as to be bifurcate or forked..or quadrifurcate, doubly forked.
1905 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 26 85 West of Babylonia is found the Hebrew conception of a quadrifurcate river of Paradise which flowed forth..to water the four quarters of the pristine earth.
1982 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 69 1396/1 Both tri- and quadrifurcate stigmas occur in P. amalago.
quadrifurcated adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻfəːˈkeɪtᵻd/, /ˌkwɒdrᵻfəˈkeɪtᵻd/, /ˈkwɒdrᵻfəkeɪtᵻd/, /ˈkwɑdrəfərˌkeɪdᵻd/ = quadrifurcate adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfəːkeɪtᵻd/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈfəːkeɪtᵻd//ˌkwɒdrᵻfəːˈkeɪtᵻd//ˌkwɒdrᵻfəˈkeɪtᵻd//ˈkwɒdrᵻfəkeɪtᵻd/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈfərˌkeɪdᵻd/
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1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. v. 7 Cr[ab] with a quadri-furcated snout.
1890 G. Fleming tr. A. Chauveau & S. Arloing Compar. Anat. Domesticated Animals i. ii. 271 A single muscle..terminated by a quadrifurcated tendon, whose branches are distributed to the four great digits.
1994 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 282/1 The beam was..introduced into one arm of a quadrifurcated fiber-optic guide.
quadrifurcation n. /ˌkwɒdrᵻfəˈkeɪʃn/,
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻfəːˈkeɪʃn/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻfəːˈkeɪʃn//ˌkwɒdrᵻfəˈkeɪʃn/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrə(ˌ)fərˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
a division into four branches or sections./ˌkwɑdrə(ˌ)fərˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ΚΠ
1884 R. D. Blackmore Hist. Sir T. Upmore II. 316 A convenient quadrifurcation.
1946 Public Admin. Rev. 6 279 This bifurcation, or more accurately, quadrifurcation of oversight constitutes a problem annoying both to Congress and to the administrative agencies.
1986 Taxon 35 298 Hennig's own arrangement leaves Amniota divided into these four groups by an unresolved quadrifurcation, although he discusses two other possible resolutions.
quadrigabled adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈɡeɪbld/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈɡeɪbld/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈɡeɪb(ə)ld/
rare having four gables./ˌkwɑdrəˈɡeɪb(ə)ld/ΚΠ
1892 A. Heales Archit. Churches Denmark 69 On the north is a staircase, the angles are of brick; quadrigabled.
quadrigamist n. /kwəˈdrɪɡəmɪst/,
Brit. /kwɒˈdrɪɡəmɪst/
, /kwɒˈdrɪɡəmɪst//kwəˈdrɪɡəmɪst/U.S. /kwɑˈdrɪɡəməst/
[compare post-classical Latin quadrigamus married four times (4th cent.)] a person who has four spouses at once; (in early use also) †a person who has been married four times (obsolete)./kwɑˈdrɪɡəməst/ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > remarriage > [noun] > one who remarries or upholds remarriage > several times
pentagamist1656
quadrigamist1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Quadrigamist.
1677 E. Coles Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Quadrigamist , one four times married.
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Feb. 5/2 The swindler bigamist or quadrigamist, we forget the precise number of his marriages.
2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Feb. c1/7 One newcomer [sc. a TV commercial] that stumbled featured Cedric the Entertainer as a serial groom who became a quadrigamist to get free beer.
quadrigeminate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈdʒɛmᵻneɪt/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈdʒɛməˌneɪt/ [compare scientific Latin quadrigeminatus (1830 as a specific name)] consisting of four similar parts; (Anatomy) = quadrigeminal adj. 2 (rare).
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈdʒɛmᵻnət/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈdʒɛmᵻnət//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈdʒɛmᵻneɪt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈdʒɛmənət/
, /ˌkwɑdrəˈdʒɛmənət//ˌkwɑdrəˈdʒɛməˌneɪt/ΚΠ
1856 Proc. Royal Soc. 8 10 Fibres pass along the tracts and commissures from the quadrigeminate bodies of one side to those of the other side.
1872 H. C. Wood Contrib. Hist. Freshwater Algæ 12 Cells single, geminate, or quadrigeminate.
1940 Jrnl. Pediatrics 17 520 The child showed..signs characteristic of involvement of the quadrigeminate plate and the hypothalamus.
2003 Cretaceous Res. 24 24/2 Ambulacra subambitally strongly widened with compound plates, bigeminate, occasionally trigeminate superambitally, and quadrigeminate subambitally.
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1825 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 23 93 The two rudimental masses of the quadrigeminous bodies.
1851 D. Craigie Elements Gen. & Pathol. Anat. (new ed.) ii. i. 262 Each optic thalamus may be said to be united behind with its fellow by means of the quadrigeminous eminences.
quadriglandular adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈɡlandʒᵿlə/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈɡlændjələr/ rare having four glands; affecting four glands.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈɡlandjᵿlə/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈɡlandjᵿlə//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈɡlandʒᵿlə/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈɡlændʒələr/
, /ˌkwɑdrəˈɡlændʒələr//ˌkwɑdrəˈɡlændjələr/ΚΠ
1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 380 Malpighia..glandulifera..quadriglandular [Barbadoes Cherry].
1974 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 128 540/1 Sialoangiogram of quadriglandular sialoangiectasis.
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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 947/1 Quadrihilate, having four apertures, as is the case in certain kinds of pollen.
quadrijugate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈdʒuːɡət/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈdʒuɡət/ Botany rare (a) pinnate with four pairs of leaflets (cf. jugate adj. 1); (b) (of leaves) arranged in a whorl or series of four.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈdʒuːɡeɪt/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈdʒuːɡeɪt//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈdʒuːɡət/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈdʒuˌɡeɪt/
, /ˌkwɑdrəˈdʒuˌɡeɪt//ˌkwɑdrəˈdʒuɡət/ΚΠ
?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. XIV. 55 Quadrijugate, having four pair [of leaves]; as in the cassia-foliata.
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 117/1 In the case of whorled leaves the arrangement may be trijugate or quadrijugate [in phyllotaxis].
1998 D. J. Carr in R. V. Jean & D. Barabé Symmetry in Plants 41 There is a problem in deciding whether a [phyllotactic]..pattern is really quadrijugate, i.e. with whorls of 4 primordia, or double bijugate..with leaf primordia arising in pairs at the apex.
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1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. P8 Quadrijugum folium, a quadrijugous leaf. Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets.
quadrilaminar adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈlamᵻnə/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈlamᵻnə/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈlæmənər/
Biology (esp. of a membrane) having or consisting of four laminae or layers./ˌkwɑdrəˈlæmənər/ΚΠ
1877 Times 16 Aug. 11/5 I need not now recur to the..formative process by which the bilaminar blastoderm is developed and becomes trilaminar or quadrilaminar.
1961 Jrnl. Biophysical & Biochem. Cytol. 11 228/1 These quadrilaminar membranes were composed of an inner pair, closely applied to each other, and an outer pair.
1997 Microsc. Res. & Technique 39 233 During the latter stages of glomerular development, the quadrilaminar structure becomes a trilaminar basement membrane.
quadrilaminate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈlamᵻneɪt/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈlæməˌneɪt/ Biology rare having or consisting of four laminae or layers; cf. quadrilaminar adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈlamᵻnət/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈlamᵻnət//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈlamᵻneɪt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈlæmənət/
, /ˌkwɑdrəˈlæmənət//ˌkwɑdrəˈlæməˌneɪt/ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Quadrilaminate,..four-layered.
1975 Jrnl. Parasitol. 61 755/2 Insect epicuticles are quadrilaminate.
2001 Rev. Paleobot. & Palynol. 117 203/1 Liliosphaeridium brevicalix..has a spherical vesicle ornamented with small bladders. The number of quadrilaminate processes varies from 9 to 21.
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a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 91 Some mention a Triple Choenix, as Bilibral, Quadrilibral, and Quinquelibral.
quadrilingual adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈlɪŋɡwəl/
[compare post-classical Latin quadrilinguis in four languages (a1604)] written, printed, etc., in four languages; using or able to use four languages./ˌkwɑdrəˈlɪŋɡwəl/ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [adjective] > using or written in four languages
tetraglottical1580
tetraglot1682
tessaraglot1716
tetraglottic1721
quadrilingual1846
1846 W. Hazlitt tr. L. Bossi in W. Roscoe Life Leo X I. 478 The Quadrilingual Psalter, printed in Genoa by Porro, comprises the Hebrew, Chaldee, Greek and Latin texts.
1876 S. Birch Rede Lect. Egypt 41 A quadrilingual stele at Suez, in Egyptian hieroglyphs, Persian, Median, and Babylonian cuneiform.
1969 Internat. Herald Tribune 6 Nov. 14/2 (advt.) Young American, excellent education U.S.A.-Europe, Ph.D. quadri-lingual, well traveled,..seeks..position.
1996 Economist 30 Mar. 50/2 Quadrilingual Switzerland values its success in avoiding linguistic strife..between its various parts.
quadrilobate adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈləʊbeɪt/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈləʊbeɪt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈloʊˌbeɪt/
[after scientific Latin quadrilobatus (1787 as a specific name)] having or consisting of four lobes./ˌkwɑdrəˈloʊˌbeɪt/ΚΠ
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Quadrilobate Leaf.
1890 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 28 77 The body in transverse optic section presenting an unequally quadrilobate outline, but in lateral view more or less ovate.
2004 R. Andrews Rough Guide Sardinia (ed. 2) 141 A deep crescent-shaped courtyard..gives onto three of the four external towers which form the corners of the quadrilobate outer defences.
quadrilobed adj.
Brit. /ˈkwɒdrᵻləʊbd/
, /ˈkwɒdrᵻləʊbd/U.S. /ˈkwɑdrəˌloʊbd/
[after scientific Latin quadrilobus (1776 as a specific name)] = quadrilobate adj./ˈkwɑdrəˌloʊbd/ΚΠ
1781 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 5744/1 at Orchis The mascula..hath..upright-stalks, a foot high..terminated by a long spike of reddish-purple flowers, having..a quadrilobed crenated lip to the nectarium, and an obtuse horn.
1864 H. Allen Monogr. Bats N. Amer. 49 Incisors trifid, the one adjacent to the canine on either side obscurely quadrilobed.
1994 Canad. Jrnl. Bot. 72 65 The sporocyte assumes a quadrilobed shape.
quadrilocular adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈlɒkjᵿlə/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈlɒkjᵿlə/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈlɑkjələr/
Biology having four loculi or compartments./ˌkwɑdrəˈlɑkjələr/ΚΠ
1755 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. VI. at Sagina The fruit is an oval quadrilocular capsule, consisting of four valves, and containing numerous very small seeds.
1839 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) i. ii. 176 The anther could not originally be quadrilocular, because it opens by two fissures only.
1914 F. E. Fritsch & E. J. Salisbury Introd. Study Plants 245 The Willowherb has a quadrilocular..ovary.
1988 Microbios 55 75 Simultaneous presence of bilocular and quadrilocular ascospores.
quadriloculate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈlɒkjᵿleɪt/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈlɑkjəˌleɪt/ [after scientific Latin quadriloculatus (1839 as a specific name)] Biology = quadrilocular adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈlɒkjᵿlət/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈlɒkjᵿlət//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈlɒkjᵿleɪt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈlɑkjələt/
, /ˌkwɑdrəˈlɑkjələt//ˌkwɑdrəˈlɑkjəˌleɪt/ΚΠ
1875 T. Hayden Dis. Heart vi. 776 In the quadriloculate heart, the auricular, or the ventricular septum, or both, may be imperfect.
1977 Brittonia 29 16 Tingiostachya cones consist of four-ranked leaves borne in whorls, bearing quadriloculate synangia on their upper surfaces.
2005 Systematic Parasitol. 62 2/1 [The gill fluke] Pseudorhabdosynochus is characterised by the presence of a sclerotised male copulatory organ, composed of four chambers... I designate it herein as the ‘quadriloculate organ’.
quadrilogy n. /kwəˈdrɪlədʒi/,
Brit. /kwɒˈdrɪlədʒi/
, /kwɒˈdrɪlədʒi//kwəˈdrɪlədʒi/U.S. /kwɑˈdrɪlədʒi/
a literary or artistic work consisting of four parts; a series or group of four related works; a tetralogy./kwɑˈdrɪlədʒi/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > related series
trilogy1661
tetralogy1743
tetralogue1820
triology1837
quadrilogy1856
1856 Athenæum 25 Oct. 1313/3 This composer's ‘Nibelungen’ opera (by the way) seems likely to anticipate Herr Wagner's quadrilogy of ‘Nibelungen’ operas.
1865 Athenæum No. 1950. 355/3 His quadrilogy of Nibelungen operas.
1972 C. Barnett Collapse Brit. Power v. 428 R. H. Mottram's Spanish Farm trilogy and Ford Madox Ford's quadrilogy.
1994 Internat. Jrnl. Middle East Stud. 26 636 Opportunism can also be found in Fahti Ghanim's quadrilogy al-Rajul alladhi faqada zillahu.
quadrimembral adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈmɛmbr(ə)l/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈmɛmbr(ə)l/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈmɛmbrəl/
[compare post-classical Latin quadrimembris (4th cent. in Augustine)] of, relating to, or having four members or parts; (now) spec. having or involving all four limbs./ˌkwɑdrəˈmɛmbrəl/ΚΠ
1857 J. W. Gibbs Philol. Stud. liii. 148 So in quadrimembral propositions; as, ‘Man was created to search for truth, to love the beautiful, to desire what is good, and to do the best’.
1931 Amer. Anthropologist 33 647 The quadrimembral locomotion..shows a number of variations even before it is reached, in which period creeping, crawling, shuffling, and hitching are resorted to.
1993 Jrnl. Pediatric Orthopaedics 13 447 The bone scans showed variable levels of absent uptake in all extremities of the four patients who subsequently required quadrimembral amputations.
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1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 18 Diapente..is the leaping of one Voyce to another by a fift, consisting of three Tones, and a semitone..Therefore Pontifex cals it the Quadri-moode Interuall [L. quare pontifex ipsam Quadrimodum esse dicit].
quadrinodal adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈnəʊdl/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈnəʊdl/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈnoʊd(ə)l/
having four nodes./ˌkwɑdrəˈnoʊd(ə)l/ΚΠ
1869 Proc. Royal Soc. 18 166 (title) On the nodal cones of quadrinodal cubics.
1908 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 30 108 The intersection of any tangent plane with the surface is a quadrinodal quartic.
1968 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 13 666/2 (caption) The abscissa values corresponding to no horizontal displacement represent the periods of uninodal, binodal, trinodal, and quadrinodal seiches respectively.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Quadrinomical, quadrinomial.
quadrinominal adj. and n.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈnəʊmɪəl/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈnəʊmɪəl/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈnoʊmiəl/
rare (a) adj. consisting of four terms or names (cf. quadrinomial adj.); (b) n. a four-part Latin name of an organism./ˌkwɑdrəˈnoʊmiəl/ΚΠ
1874 Nature 10 Sept. 379/1 The system of Linnæus was a binominal one, no doubt; but..it has gradually drifted into a quadrinominal system.
1966 Systematic Zool. 15 248/1 Subspecies should not be used when we are designating super-species, or the result will appear to be quadrinominal nomenclature.
1994 Publ. Res. Inst. Math. Sci. 30 250/1 In the genus Clupeonella, for example, there are two species and three subordinate taxa (one of which is a quadrinominal).
quadrinucleate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈnjuːklɪeɪt/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈn(j)ukliˌeɪt/ having four nuclei.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈnjuːklɪət/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈnjuːklɪət//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈnjuːklɪeɪt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈn(j)ukliət/
, /ˌkwɑdrəˈn(j)ukliət//ˌkwɑdrəˈn(j)ukliˌeɪt/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > substance > cell > cell organelle or contents > [adjective] > having nucleus > having one or many nuclei
polynucleated1857
multinuclear1860
quadrinucleate1863
multinucleated1873
polynuclear1876
multinucleate1877
multinucleolar1882
uninuclear1882
uninucleate1885
trinucleate1887
mononucleated1890
polynucleate1894
polymorphonuclear1897
uninucleated1898
mononucleate1901
polymorphonucleate1904
polymorph1906
heterokaryotic1916
1863 Proc. Royal Soc. 13 134 We might go further and pass on to trinucleate, quadrinucleate, &c. systems; but the number of equations will increase in proportion, together with the difficulty of dealing with them.
1939 E. A. Bessey Text-bk. Mycol. (new ed.) ii. 26 The nuclei divide by meiotic division into four nuclei so that the mature spores are quadrinucleate.
2004 Vet. Parasitol. 126 94 The cyst germinates in the host's small intestine to give rise to a quadrinucleate ameba that..produces eight small amebae that eventually localize in the colon and caecum.
quadriparous adj. /kwəˈdrɪp(ə)rəs/,
Brit. /kwɒˈdrɪp(ə)rəs/
, /kwɒˈdrɪp(ə)rəs//kwəˈdrɪp(ə)rəs/U.S. /kwɑˈdrɪpərəs/
having given birth to four offspring; (of a bird) laying four eggs in a clutch (rare)./kwɑˈdrɪpərəs/ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. (citing A. Newton) Quadriparous, laying four eggs, and only four.
1910 H. E. Tuley Obstetr. Nursing 231 (Gloss.) Quadriparous, having borne four children.
1939 R. Pearl Nat. Hist. Population iii. 142 Over three-quarters of the coloured women..were quadriparous.., as against only a little more than half the white women.
1992 Jrnl. Clin. Investig. 90 1985/1 The samples were chosen to represent a wide selection of maternal age,..parity (9 primiparous, 13 secundiparous, 5 tertiparous, 3 quadriparous), and maturity of milk.
quadripaschal adj. /ˌkwɑdrəˈpæʃ(ə)l/ Theology including four Passovers; spec. designating the view that Christ's ministry lasted just over three years (cf. bipaschal adj., tripaschal adj. at tri- comb. form 1a(a)).
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈpaskl/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈpaskl/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈpæsk(ə)l/
, /ˌkwɑdrəˈpæsk(ə)l//ˌkwɑdrəˈpæʃ(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > Jewish seasons and feasts > Passover > [adjective] > including four
quadripaschal1883
1883 P. Schaff Hist. Christian Church (new ed.) I. §16. 130 Three theories [of the length of Christ's ministry],..designated as bipaschal, tripaschal, and quadripaschal schemes, according to the number of Passovers.
1908 J. Hastings Dict. Christ II. 185/1 The long period theory..holds that there were four Passovers in the ministry, and is hence called the quadripaschal theory.
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1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Quadriphyllous,..Plants whose flowers have [four] leaves or petals.
1798 Encycl. (Amer. ed.) III. 60/2 at Bassia The calyx is quadriphyllous; the corolla octofid, with the tube inflated.
1819 Baron A. Merian Let. 24 Nov. in S. Butler Life & Lett. (1896) I. xii. 186 Be tranquil of mind. Robortellus must and shall be yours, though 'tis harder to come at him than at a quadriphyllous trefoil.
quadripinnate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈpɪnᵻt/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈpɪnət/ Botany (of a compound leaf or frond) having tertiary leaflets or pinnae which are further divided, as in certain ferns; quadruply pinnate (cf. bipinnate adj. 1, tripinnate adj.).
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈpɪneɪt/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈpɪneɪt//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈpɪnᵻt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈpɪˌneɪt/
, /ˌkwɑdrəˈpɪˌneɪt//ˌkwɑdrəˈpɪnət/ΚΠ
1853 Hooker's Jrnl. Bot. 5 226 It [sc. Cheilanthes linearis] differs in being distinctly quadripinnate, in the pinnules being uniformly linear and equal-sized.
1881 Gardeners' Chron. 16 685 The fronds [of Adiantum Lathomi] are quadripinnate in the lower and more compound portions.
2000 Internat. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 161 985/2 Marsilea is documented in the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) by quadripinnate fronds.
quadriplanar adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈpleɪnə/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈpleɪnə/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈpleɪnər/
Geometry (now rare) involving four planes; spec. designating a system of homogeneous coordinates in which a point is defined by its distances from four fixed planes./ˌkwɑdrəˈpleɪnər/ΚΠ
1853 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 143 511 A homogeneous quadratic function of four variables used to denote a surface referred to quadriplanar or tetrahedral coordinates.
1882 G. Salmon Treat. Analytic Geom. Three Dimensions (ed. 4) 23 We shall use these quadriplanar coordinates, whenever..our equations can be materially simplified.
1998 Jrnl. Geochem. Explor. 63 125/2 A computer program relating quadriplanar to three-dimensional Cartesian coordinates.
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1860 Harper's Mag. Sept. 469/1 Atypus mikros..belongs to the quadripulmonary division of spiders, and is of a dark drab color.
quadriradiate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈreɪdɪeɪt/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈreɪdiˌeɪt/ [after scientific Latin quadriradiatus (1790 as a specific name)] Zoology having four rays or radiating parts.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈreɪdɪət/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈreɪdɪət//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈreɪdɪeɪt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈreɪdiət/
, /ˌkwɑdrəˈreɪdiət//ˌkwɑdrəˈreɪdiˌeɪt/ΚΠ
1854 J. Hogg Microscope ii. i. 222 Some Smyrna sponge, and a species of Geodia, have four rays—quadriradiate.
1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) x. 318/2 Smaller rhabdosomes, with fewer branching points may be bilateral (i.e. with two primary branches) as in Clonograptus, triradiate as in Bryograptus, or quadriradiate as in Staurograptus.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Quadrisacramentalist, same as quadrisacramentarian.
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1874 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects (at cited word) Quadrisacramentarians, a controversial name for some German reformers in Wittenberg..who maintained that there are four Sacraments necessary to salvation..Baptism, the Lord's Supper, Absolution, and Holy Orders.
quadriseptate adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsɛpteɪt/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsɛpteɪt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈsɛpˌteɪt/
Biology rare having four septa or partitions./ˌkwɑdrəˈsɛpˌteɪt/ΚΠ
1871 M. C. Cooke Handbk. Brit. Fungi II. 700 Helminthosporia... Pallid; cups clavate, substipitate; margin incurved; sporidia..quadriseptate.
1950 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 234 176 A uniseptate (axial septum) stage, succeeded by a quadriseptate and a six-septate stage.
quadriserial adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsɪərɪəl/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsɪərɪəl/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈsɪriəl/
[apparently after scientific Latin quadriserialis (1818 or earlier); compare French quadrisérié , scientific Latin quadriseriatus (both 1828 in the passage translated in quot. 1831)] chiefly Botany arranged in or consisting of four series or rows./ˌkwɑdrəˈsɪriəl/ΚΠ
1831 W. Macgillivray tr. A. Richard Elem. Bot. i. iv. 123 Quadriserial [Fr. Quadrisériées (fol. quadriseriata)]..when forming four longditudinal series; as in Thuya.
1839 Johnston in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 7. 199 Suckers of the..tentacula quadriserial.
1898 L. H. Bailey Lessons with Plants xxiv. 139 It would be better to drop the terms complete and incomplete, and to say that flowers which have all the four parts are quadriserial.
1990 C. Pellant Rocks, Minerals & Fossils 147/2 Phyllograptus has four wide ‘leaf-like’ stipes, which are arranged to give a quadriserial rhabdosome and simple tubed thecae.
quadrisetose adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsiːtəʊz/, /ˌkwɑdrəˈsiˌtoʊz/ Zoology rare having or bearing four setae or bristles.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsiːtəʊs/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsiːtəʊs//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈsiːtəʊz/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈsiˌtoʊs/
, /ˌkwɑdrəˈsiˌtoʊs//ˌkwɑdrəˈsiˌtoʊz/ΚΠ
1881 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 9 138 In Myas..the ligula is quadrisetose in front.
1990 Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 60 79 The superfamily can be defined on the basis of the following apomorphies:..(3) antennary exopod quadrisetose; [etc.].
quadrispiral adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈspʌɪrl̩/,
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈspʌɪrəl/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈspʌɪrəl//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈspʌɪrl̩/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈspaɪrəl/
rare having or arranged in four spirals./ˌkwɑdrəˈspaɪrəl/ΚΠ
1884 L. M. Underwood Descriptive Catal. N. Amer. Hepaticae 43 Elaters [of Aitonia erythrospermæ] quadrispiral.
1997 Jrnl. Paleontol. 71 2/2 The megalospheric specimens described here differ from..other species of Polyepidina in possessing a quadrispiral nuclear apparatus.
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1692 J. Ray Let. 1 June in W. Derham Philos. Lett. (1718) 262 I can only tell you as to the first particular, about Bisulic and Quadrisulic,..I conjecture the Rhinocerot and Hippopotamus to be *4drisulc.
1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 934 Musk he takes to be..secreted in its proper Cystis near the Navil of a Quadrisulc Animal like a Deer.
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1775 J. Jenkinson Linnæus' Generic & Specific Descr. Brit. Plants 69 Anthericum. Spiderwort or Scottish Asphodel... The six filaments are subulated and erect, having small prostrate, quadrisulcated antheræ [L. Antherae parvae, incumbentes, quadrisulcae.].
quadritubercular adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻtʃᵿˈbəːkjᵿlə/, /ˌkwɑdrəˌt(j)uˈbərkjələr/ (esp. of a tooth) having four cusps.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻt(j)ᵿˈbəːkjᵿlə/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻt(j)ᵿˈbəːkjᵿlə//ˌkwɒdrᵻtʃᵿˈbəːkjᵿlə/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrətəˈbərkjələr/
, /ˌkwɑdrətəˈbərkjələr//ˌkwɑdrəˌt(j)uˈbərkjələr/ΚΠ
1883 E. D. Cope in Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1882–3 20 563 It is also evident that the quadritubercular molar is derived from the tritubercular by the addition of a lobe of the inner part of a cingulum of the posterior base of the crown.
1922 Sci. Monthly Aug. 109 There were 6 grinders, simple and quadritubercular (4 cusps and 2 crests).
1997 W. G. Kinzey New World Primates 222 Callimico has been placed..with the larger neotropical primates, primarily on the basis of having three molars that are quadritubercular.
quadrituberculate adj. /ˌkwɒdrᵻtʃᵿˈbəːkjᵿlət/, /ˌkwɑdrəˌt(j)uˈbərkjəˌleɪt/, /ˌkwɑdrətəˈbərkjələt/, /ˌkwɑdrəˌt(j)uˈbərkjələt/ [after scientific Latin quadrituberculatus (1781 as a specific name)] having or bearing four tubercles or cusps.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻt(j)ᵿˈbəːkjᵿlət/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻt(j)ᵿˈbəːkjᵿlət//ˌkwɒdrᵻtʃᵿˈbəːkjᵿlət/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrətəˈbərkjəˌleɪt/
, /ˌkwɑdrətəˈbərkjəˌleɪt//ˌkwɑdrəˌt(j)uˈbərkjəˌleɪt//ˌkwɑdrətəˈbərkjələt//ˌkwɑdrəˌt(j)uˈbərkjələt/ΚΠ
1835 Boston Jrnl. Nat. Hist. 1 165 Reddish-brown; thorax quadrituberculate; elytra with two bands.
1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. II. 753 The two other true molars quadrituberculate.
1968 Q. Rev. Biol. 43 388/2 The molars are primitive (quadrituberculate).
1992 Jrnl. Paleontol. 66 445/2 A boldly and distantly ribbed species [of ammonite], with tubercles very weak and adults quadrituberculate.
quadrivalvular adj.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈvalvjᵿlə/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈvalvjᵿlə/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈvælvjələr/
having four valves; (Medicine) involving or affecting all four valves of the heart./ˌkwɑdrəˈvælvjələr/ΚΠ
1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II. 838/2 Datura, thorn-apple,..the fruit is a subovated, bilocular, quadrivalvular, and commonly prickly capsule, fixed to the base of the cup.
1962 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 32 467 Quadrivalvular stenosis is surprisingly rare.
2006 Internat. Jrnl. Cardiol. 106 117/1 Although involvement of all four heart valves has been known to occur in patients with acute rheumatic carditis, quadrivalvular involvement is extremely rare in patients with chronic rheumatic heart disease.
quadrivirate n. /kwəˈdrɪvᵻrət/,
Brit. /kwɒˈdrɪvᵻrət/
, /kwɒˈdrɪvᵻrət//kwəˈdrɪvᵻrət/U.S. /kwɑˈdrɪvərət/
= quadrumvirate n./kwɑˈdrɪvərət/ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun] > group of four > persons
quadrivirate1654
quatrumvirate1684
partie carrée1693
quadrumvirate1752
quartetto1771
quartet1814
quartumvirate1840
square party1851
quattuorvirate1856
foursome1926
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xvii. 258 This bloodlesse victory, over a Quadrivirate of Mummers.
1928 G. E. Woodberry Let. 21 Feb. (1933) 252 We must prepare ourselves for the time soon when all our biographies will be of ‘business men’—the Hoover-Mellon-Ford-Rockefeller quadrivirate.
1997 Atlanta Jrnl. & Const. (Nexis) 14 Sept. 10 l The nation's ruling quadrivirate of Clinton, Gore, Lott and Gingrich all come from the South.
2. Chemistry. Forming terms in which quadri- signifies the presence in a compound or molecule of four atoms, groups, etc.; = tetra- comb. form 2a(a). Cf. quadribasic adj. at sense 1. Now rare.† quadrihydrocarbon n. Obsolete† quadriphosphate n. Obsolete† quadrisulphide n. Obsolete
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1830 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. (ed. 3) I. iv. 333 It has been proposed to designate the vapour by the term quadro-carburetted hydrogen; but..I have called it quadri-hydrocarbon.
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1817 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 5) II. 460 Quadriphosphate of lime... This is the salt described by Fourcroy and Vauquelin, in 1795, under the name of superphosphate of lime.
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1849 D. Campbell Pract. Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. 299 Quadrisulphide of molybdenum, MoS4.
quadriurate n. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈjʊəreɪt/, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈjɔːrət/, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈjɔːreɪt/,
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈjʊərət/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻˈjʊərət//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈjʊəreɪt//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈjɔːrət//ˌkwɒdrᵻˈjɔːreɪt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrəˈjʊˌreɪt/
/ˌkwɑdrəˈjʊˌreɪt/ΚΠ
1877 J. L. W. Thudichum Treat. Pathol. Urine (ed. 2) iv. 66 The sodic quadriurate is amorphous.
1905 Lancet 1 July 19/1 Fischer conclusively proves that the quadriurates are a mixture of the urates and uric acid in its free state.
3. Mathematics. With the sense ‘quadric, of the second degree or order’.
a. † quadricovariant n. Obsolete
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1856 A. Cayley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 146 122 No. 9 is the quadricovariant, or Hessian.
1892 Ann. Math. 6 184 The quadri-covariant, Hessian or canonizant, is defined [etc.].
quadriderivative n.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrᵻdᵻˈrɪvətɪv/
, /ˌkwɒdrᵻdᵻˈrɪvətɪv/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrədəˈrɪvədɪv/
rare/ˌkwɑdrədəˈrɪvədɪv/ΚΠ
1887 Proc. Royal Soc. 43 313 Derived invariants are..derived from the priminvariants by one or other of two processes called the quadriderivative and the Jacobian.
1901 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 22 The functions called, by Forsyth, quadriderivatives are invariants for this sub-group.
quadrinvariant n.
Brit. /ˌkwɒdrɪnˈvɛːrɪənt/
, /ˌkwɒdrɪnˈvɛːrɪənt/U.S. /ˌkwɑdrᵻnˈvɛriənt/
rare/ˌkwɑdrᵻnˈvɛriənt/ΚΠ
1853 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 143 546 Quadrinvariant, an invariant of which the terms are quadratic functions of the coefficients of the primitive.
1884 W. R. W. Roberts in Hermathena X. 182 Functions..expressed by the quadrinvariants of the quantics [etc.].
1903 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 201 358 The quartic ω4, its Hessian, its quadrinvariant, and its cubinvariant.
b. † quadricone n. Geometry Obsolete a quadric surface swept out by a straight line passing through a fixed point such that no straight line can intersect it at more than two points.
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1867 W. T. Brande & G. W. Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art III. 158/1 Quadric cone, a cone of the second order.]
1869 A. Cayley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 159 206 The binode..is a biplanar node, where instead of the proper quadricone we have two planes; these may be called the biplanes, and their line of intersection, the edge of the binode.
1892 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 14 173 A quadratic surface can contain more than one self-reciprocal twisted cubic only when it degenerates into a quadricone.
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