quad
Plural: quads
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 or sentences
- a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
- Clipping of quadrat.
- A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
- Clipping of quadrat.
- A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
- Clipping of quadrat.
- A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as quad left, quad right, or quad centre.
- A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).
- A horse, from colloquial or humorous quadruped specifically for horse.
- Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.
- A poster advertising a cinematic film release, measuring forty by thirty inches, four times the area of crown paper.
- Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.
- A quadruple, a jump with four revolutions in the air.
- Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.
- A serving of four shots of espresso; (attributive) containing four shots of espresso.
- Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.
- A skate with four wheels.
- Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).
- Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).
- A group of four insulated wires twisted together to form two circuits of two wires each.
- Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).
- A quad antenna, a directional radio antenna consisting of multiple loop antennas.
- Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).
- A quadruplet, one of four babies born during the same birth.
- Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).
- A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
- Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).
- The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
- Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).
- Of or relating to quads (four of a kind).
- The quadriceps muscle.
- Quadruplex videotape.
- A quadriplegic person.
- A unit of energy equivalent to a quadrillion BTU (10¹⁵ BTU).
- A quad bike.
- A quadrilateral.
- A quadcopter.
- A quadrupel beer.
Adj
- Quadruple, four times the usual size or quantity.
- Quadrille, marked with squares.
Verb
Verb Forms: quadded, quadding, quads
- To space out type by inserting quadrats.
- To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
- To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.
- To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
- To ride a quad bike.
Examples
- The typesetter would quad the line to ensure proper spacing on the board.
Origin / Etymology
Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple.
The typography senses are from the abbreviation quad. for obsolete quadrat; the keyboard command comes from the verb sense.
Synonyms
musculus quadriceps femoris, quadrangle, quadriceps, quadriceps femoris, quadruplet, space, em quad, em space, quadrat
Scrabble Score: 14
quad: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordquad: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
quad: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary