quad

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[kwɒd], (Noun)

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- a quadrangle
(e.g: students greeted him as he walked through the quad)

- a quadruplet
(e.g: 9,294 women gave birth to twins, while 147 had triplets, and five had quads)

- a quadriceps muscle
(e.g: I have well-developed quads but my glutes are not all they could be)

- a quad bike
(e.g: inexperienced riders on quads and mopeds)

- quadraphony
(e.g: we issued records in two forms at once, stereo and quad)

- (in telephony) a group of four insulated conductors twisted together, usually forming two circuits

- a radio aerial in the form of a square or rectangle broken in the middle of one side

- a traditional four-wheeled roller skate

- a small metal block in various sizes, lower than type height, used in letterpress printing for filling up short lines


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[kwɒd], (Adjective)

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- quadruple or quadraphonic


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