| 单词 | quadrivium |
| 释义 | quadri- /kwo-dri-/ or sometimes before a vowel quadr- /kwo-dr-/combining form
ORIGIN: L quadri-, from quattuorfour quadˈric adjective (geometry) Of the second degree noun (geometry)A curve, etc of the second degree quadricentennial /kwod-ri-sen-tenˈi-əl/ (modelled on centennial) adjective
A four-hundredth anniversary quadricone /kwodˈri-kōn/ noun A quadric cone, or cone having a conic as base quadriennial, etc adjective see quadrennium quadrifarious /kwod-ri-fāˈri-əs/ adjective
quadrifid /kwodˈri-fid/ adjective (L, from the root of findere to cleave; botany) Cleft in four quadrifoliate /kwod-ri-fōˈli-āt/ adjective (L folium a leaf) four-leaved quadriform /kwodˈri-förm/ adjective
quadriga /kwod-rīˈgə or kwad-rēˈga/ noun (pl quadrīˈgae /-jē or -gī/) (L, a later singular from quadrīgae a team of four, for quadrijugae, from jugum yoke) in Greek and Roman times, a two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses abreast quadrigeminal /kwod-ri-jemˈi-nl/ adjective (L geminī twins) having four similar parts (also quadrigemˈinate and quadrigemˈinous) quadrilateral adjective and noun see separate entry quadrilingual /-lingˈgwəl/ adjective (L lingua tongue) using four languages quadriliteral /kwod-ri-litˈər-əl/ adjective (L lītera a letter) consisting of four letters nounA word or a root of four letters quadrillion noun , etc see separate entry quadrilocular /kwod-ri-lokˈū-lər/ adjective (L loculus, dimin of locus place) having four compartments quadringenary /kwod-rin-jēˈnər-i/ noun (L quadringēnārius of four hundred each) a four-hundredth anniversary or its celebration quadrinomial /kwod-ri-nōˈmi-əl/ adjective (modelled on binomial; mathematics) Consisting of four terms nounAn expression of four terms quadripartite adjective see separate entry quadriplegia noun , etc see separate entry quadrireme /kwodˈri-rēm/ noun (L rēmus an oar) an ancient ship with four sets of oars quadˈrisect transitive verb To divide into four, usu equal, parts quadrisection /kwod-ri-sekˈshən/ noun (L sectiō, -onis cutting) division into four equal parts quadrisyllabˈic adjective quadrisyllable /kwod-ri-silˈə-bl/ noun A tetrasyllable quadrivˈalence (or /-vāˈ/) noun quadrivalent /kwod-rivˈə-lənt or -vāˈlənt/ adjective Having a valency of four nounThe structure formed by the pairing of four homologous chromosomes during meiosis in tetraploid organisms quadrivˈial adjective quadrivium /kwod-rivˈi-əm/ noun (L, the place where four roads meet, from via a way) in medieval education, the four branches of mathematics (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music) |
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