AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
quadrangle: a plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles.-a square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public school in england.
quadrans: a fourth part of the coin called an as. see 3d as, 2.-the fourth of a penny; a farthing. see cur.
quadrant: the fourth part; the quarter.-the quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90¡, or one subtending a right angle at the center.-one of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. the upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant.-an instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90¡, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction.
quadrantal: of or pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourth part of a circle; as, quadrantal space.-a cubical vessel containing a roman cubic foot, each side being a roman square foot; -- used as a measure.-a cube.
quadrat: a block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines.-an old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows.
quadrate: having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.-produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.-square; even; balanced; equal; exact.-squared; suited; correspondent.-a plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.-an aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90¡, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. see the note under aspect, 6.-the quadrate bone.-to square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with.-to adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
quadratic: of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square.-tetragonal.-pertaining to terms of the second degree; as, a quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square.
quadratojugal: of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.-of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone.-the quadratojugal bone.
quadratrix: a curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, of dinostratus, or of tschirnhausen.
quadrature: the act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas.-a quadrate; a square.-the integral used in obtaining the area bounded by a curve; hence, the definite integral of the product of any function of one variable into the differential of that variable.-the position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition.
quadrel: a square piece of turf or peat.-a square brick, tile, or the like.
quadrennial: comprising four years; as, a quadrennial period.-occurring once in four years, or at the end of every four years; as, quadrennial games.
quadri-: a combining form meaning four, four times, fourfold; as, quadricapsular, having four capsules.
quadri-syllabical: having four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word.
quadric: of or pertaining to the second degree.-a quantic of the second degree. see quantic.-a surface whose equation in three variables is of the second degree. spheres, spheroids, ellipsoids, paraboloids, hyperboloids, also cones and cylinders with circular bases, are quadrics.
quadriceps: the great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.
quadricornous: having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle.
quadrifid: divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts; as, a quadrifid perianth; a quadrifid leaf.
quadrigeminous: fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts.
quadrijugous: pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf.
quadrilateral: having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular.-a plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines.-an area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the venetian quadrilateral, comprising mantua, peschiera, verona, and legnano.
quadrille: a dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set.-the appropriate music for a quadrille.-a game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded.
quadrillion: 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.
quadrilocular: having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart.
quadrin: a small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent.
quadripartition: a division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.
quadrisulcate: having four hoofs; as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcate animal.
quadrivalence: the quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.
quadrivalent: 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.
quadrivalve: dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp.-a door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.
quadrivial: having four ways meeting in a point.-one of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
quadrivium: the four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. see trivium.
quadroon: the offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded.
quadrumana: a division of the primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. formerly the quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the bimana, which last included man alone.
quadruped: having four feet.-an animal having four feet, as most mammals and reptiles; -- often restricted to the mammals.
quadruple: fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance.-four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.-to multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice.-to be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.
quadruplicate: to make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple.-fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion.-raised to the fourth power.
quadruplication: the act of making fourfold; a taking four times the simple sum or amount.
quadruply: to a fourfold quantity; so as to be, or cause to be, quadruple; as, to be quadruply recompensed.
quaere: inquire; question; see; -- used to signify doubt or to suggest investigation.
quaff: to drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.-to drink largely or luxuriously.
quagga: a south african wild ass (equus, / hippotigris, quagga). the upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body.
quaggy: of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy.
quagmire: soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.
quahaug: an american market clam (venus mercenaria). it is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. called also round clam, and hard clam.
quail: to die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.-to become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.-to cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.-to curdle; to coagulate, as milk.-any gallinaceous bird belonging to coturnix and several allied genera of the old world, especially the common european quail (c. communis), the rain quail (c. coromandelica) of india, the stubble quail (c. pectoralis), and the australian swamp quail (synoicus australis).-any one of several american partridges belonging to colinus, callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called virginia quail, and maryland quail), and the california quail (calipepla californica).-any one of numerous species of turnix and allied genera, native of the old world, as the australian painted quail (turnix varius). see turnix.-a prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
quaint: prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.-characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.-curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.
quake: to be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.-to shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake.-to cause to quake.-a tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
quaker: one who quakes.-one of a religious sect founded by george fox, of leicestershire, england, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves friends. they were called quakers, originally, in derision. see friend, n., 4.-the nankeen bird.-the sooty albatross.-any grasshopper or locust of the genus (edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.
quakerism: the peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the quakers.
qualification: the act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.-that which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession.-the act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification.
qualificative: that which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
qualificator: an officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts.
qualified: fitted by accomplishments or endowments.-modified; limited; as, a qualified statement.-of qualify
qualifier: one who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.
qualify: to make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity.-to give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.-to reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim, or proposition.-hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.-to soothe; to cure; -- said of persons.-to be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.-to obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.
quality: the condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank.-special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.-that which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman.-an acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.-superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character.
qualm: sickness; disease; pestilence; death.-a sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony.-especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.-a prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
qualmish: sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit.
quamoclit: formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine (quamoclit vulgaris, now called ipomoea quamoclit). the genus is now merged in ipomoea.
quandary: a state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.-to bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty.
quandong: the edible drupaceous fruit of an australian tree (fusanus acuminatus) of the sandalwood family; -- called also quandang.
quannet: a flat file having the handle at one side, so as to be used like a plane.
quant: a punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
quantic: a homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and called quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. these are further called binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they contain two, three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic / is a binary cubic.
quantity: to modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.-the attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "how much?"; measure in regard to bulk or amount; determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent; size.-the extent or extension of a general conception, that is, the number of species or individuals to which it may be applied; also, its content or comprehension, that is, the number of its constituent qualities, attributes, or relations.-the measure of a syllable; that which determines the time in which it is pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or syllable.-the relative duration of a tone.-that which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable.-a determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities.
quantum: quantity; amount.-a definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
quaquaversal: turning or dipping in any or every direction.-dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater.
quarantine: a space of forty days; -- used of lent.-specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.-the period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.-to compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.
quarrel: an arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.-any small square or quadrangular member-a square of glass, esp. when set diagonally.-a small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square.-a square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.-a glazier's diamond.-a four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.-a breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses.-ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.-earnest desire or longing.-to violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.-to dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight.-to find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot.-to quarrel with.-to compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.-one who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome.
quarreling: of quarrel-engaged in a quarrel; apt or disposed to quarrel; as, quarreling factions; a quarreling mood.
quarrelsome: apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
quarry: same as 1st quarrel.-quadrate; square.-a part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.-a heap of game killed.-the object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.-to secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.-a place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. see 5th mine (a).-to dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
quarry-faced: having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of stones.
quart: the fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.-a measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints.-a vessel or measure containing a quart.-in cards, four successive cards of the same suit.  cf. tierce, 4.
quartan: of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.-an intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days.-a measure, the fourth part of some other measure.
quartation: the act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold; -- called also inquartation. compare parting.
quarte: a position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast.-same as 2d carte.
quartenylic: pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic acid series, metameric with crotonic acid, and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from having four carbon atoms in the molecule. called also isocrotonic acid.
quarter: one of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc.-the fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds.-the fourth of a ton in weight, or eight bushels of grain; as, a quarter of wheat; also, the fourth part of a chaldron of coal.-the fourth part of the moon's period, or monthly revolution; as, the first quarter after the change or full.-one limb of a quadruped with the adjacent parts; one fourth part of the carcass of a slaughtered animal, including a leg; as, the fore quarters; the hind quarters.-that part of a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the heel to the vamp.-that part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin.-a term of study in a seminary, college, etc, etc.; properly, a fourth part of the year, but often longer or shorter.-the encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys.-the after-part of a vessel's side, generally corresponding in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the part of the yardarm outside of the slings.-one of the divisions of an escutcheon when it is divided into four portions by a horizontal and a perpendicular line meeting in the fess point.-a division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the latin quarter in paris.-a small upright timber post, used in partitions; -- in the united states more commonly called stud.-the fourth part of the distance from one point of the compass to another, being the fourth part of 11¡ 15', that is, about 2¡ 49'; -- called also quarter point.-proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location.-a station at which officers and men are posted in battle; -- usually in the plural.-place of lodging or temporary residence; shelter; entertainment; -- usually in the plural.-a station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters.-treatment shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act of sparing the life a conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's advantage to extremes.-friendship; amity; concord.-to lodge; to have a temporary residence.-to drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
quarter-deck: that part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.
quarterhung: having trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; -- said of a cannon.
quartering: of quartter-coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object.-at right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.-a station.-assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.-the division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.-one of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.-a series of quarters, or small upright posts. see quarter, n., 1 (m) (arch.)
quarterly: containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons.-recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting.-a periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year.-by quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly.-in quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; -- said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles.
quartermaster: an officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.-a petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.
quartern: a quarter. specifically: (a) the fourth part of a pint; a gill. (b) the fourth part of a peck, or of a stone (14 ibs.).-a loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also quartern loaf.
quarteron: a quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred.-alt. of quarteroon
quarterpace: a platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. see halfpace.