Qua*drille", n. [F. quadrille, n. masc., cf. It. quadriglio; or perhaps
from the Spanish. See Quadrille a dance.] A game played by four persons
with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the
tens, nines, and eights are discarded. Hoyle.
Quad*ril"lion (?), n. [F., fr. L. quater four times, akin to quattuor
four, E. four; -- formed like million. See Four, Million.] According to
the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in
the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according to
the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the
fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four
ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.
{ Quad`ri*lo"bate (?), Quad`ri*lobed (?), } a. [Quadri- + lobe: cf. F.
quadrilobÈ.] Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf.
Quad`ri*loc"u*lar (?), a. [Quadri- + locular: cf. F. quadriloculaire.]
Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart.
Quad"rin (?), n. [OF., fr. L. quadrini four each, fr. quattuor four.] A
small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent. [Obs.]
Quad`ri*nod"al (?), a. [Quadri- + nodal.] (Math.) Possessing four
nodes; as, quadrinodal curves.
Quad`ri*no"mi*al (?), n. [Quadri- + nomial, as in binomial: cf. F.
quadrinÙme.] (Alg.) A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs
plus or minus.
Quad`ri*nom"ic*al (?), a. Quadrinomial.
Quad`ri*nom"i*nal (?), a. [Quadri- + nominal.] (Alg.) Quadrinomial.
Sir W. R. Hamilton.
Quad*rip"ar*tite (?), a. [L. quadripartitus, p. p. of quadripartire to
divide into four parts; quattuor four + partire to divide: cf. F.
quadripartite.] Divided into four parts.
Quad*rip"ar*tite*ly, adv. In four parts.
Quad`ri*par*ti"tion (?), n. [L. quadripartitio: cf. F.
quadripartition.] A division or distribution by four, or into four
parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.
Quad`ri*pen"nate (?), a. [Quadri- + pennate.] (Zoˆl.) Having four
wings; -- said of insects.
Quad*riph"yl*lous (?), a. [Quadri + Gr. &?; leaf.] (Bot.) Having four
leaves; quadrifoliate.
Quad"ri*reme (?), n. [L. quadriremis; quattuor four + remus an oar: cf.
F. quadrirËme.] (Antiq.) A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.
Quad`ri*sec"tion (?), n. [Quadri- + section.] A subdivision into four
parts.
Quad`ri*sul"cate (?), a. [Quadri + sulcate.] (Zoˆl.) Having four hoofs;
as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcate animal.
{ Quad`ri*syl*lab"ic (?), Quad`ri-syl*lab"ic*al (?), }Having four
syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic
word.
Quad`ri*syl"la*ble (?), n. [Quadri- + syllable: cf. F. quadrisyllabe.]
A word consisting of four syllables. De Quincey.
Quad*riv"a*lence (?), n. (Chem.) The quality or state of being
quadrivalent; tetravalence.
Quad*riv"a*lent (?), a. [Quadri- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See
Valence.] (Chem.) Having a valence of four; capable of combining with,
being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; --
said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are
quadrivalent elements.
Quad"ri*valve (?), a. [Quadri- + valve: cf. F. quadrivalve.] (Bot.)
Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve
pericarp.
Quad"ri*valve, n. (Arch.) A door, shutter, or the like, having four
folds.
Quad`ri*val"vu*lar (?), a. Having four valves; quadrivalve.
Quad*riv"i*al (?), a. [L. quadrivium a place where four ways meet;
quattuor four + via way.] Having four ways meeting in a point. B.
Jonson.
Quad*riv"i*al, n. One of the four "liberal arts" making up the
quadrivium.
||Quad*riv"i*um (?), n. [L.] The four "liberal arts," arithmetic,
||music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See
||Trivium.
Quad*roon" (?), n. [F. quarteron, or Sp. cuarteron. See Quarter a
fourth part, and cf. Quarteron.] The offspring of a mulatto and a white
person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also quarteron, quarteroon,
and quateron.]