quarterfinal
One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.
A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists, for a subsequent final.

quarterfinals
plural of quarterfinal

quarterfold
A fold produced by folding a sheet of paper or other material once in half and then again in half at a right angle, resulting in four roughly equal panels or quadrants.

quarterfolds
plural of quarterfold

quarterization
division into quarters
generation of quarterly data based on figures from periods of another size

quartessence
Anything that is slightly less pure than a quintessence

quartessences
plural of quartessence

quarticity
The condition of being quartic

quartole
A quadruplet.

quartridge
Obsolete form of quarterage.

quartridges
plural of quartridge

quartzipsamment
A form of psamment that has a high percentage of quartz or similar material

quartzipsamments
plural of quartzipsamment

quasar
An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.

quasars
plural of quasar

quasianalyticity
The property of being quasianalytic.

quasibialgebra
A generalization of a bialgebra that allows for a weaker form of coassociativity.

quasibialgebras
plural of quasibialgebra

quasiboson
A particle that behaves as if it were a boson

quasibosons
plural of quasiboson

quasibrittleness
The quality of being quasibrittle.

quasiconcavity
The state or condition of being quasiconcave.

quasicondensation
The formation of a quasicondensate

quasiconformality
The quality of being quasiconformal.

quasicontinua
plural of quasicontinuum

quasicontinuum
A system that behaves as a continuum in most but not all respects.

quasiconverb
A verb form which functions as a converb, but is constructed differently.

quasiconvexity
The state of being quasiconvex.

quasicrystallography
The study of quasicrystals.

quasiderivations
plural of quasiderivation

quasidiagonality
The property of being quasidiagonal.

quasidisk
The interior of a quasicircle.

quasidisks
plural of quasidisk

quasidisorder
The condition of an apparently disordered system that has an underlying order.

quasidominance
The dominance (repetitive appearance through generations) in a population of a recessive trait because of repeated consanguineous matings.

quasieasement
Alternative form of quasi-easement.

quasiequilibrium
An approximate equilibrium

quasiequivalence
The quality or condition of being quasiequivalent.

quasiequivalences
plural of quasiequivalence

quasifield
An algebraic structure (Q,+,·) where + and · are binary operations on Q, much like a division ring, but with some weaker conditions.

quasifields
plural of quasifield

quasifixation
The fixation of genes (prevention of mutation) under normal circumstances

quasifixations
plural of quasifixation

quasigroup
An algebraic structure, resembling a group, whose arithmetic may not be associative

quasigroups
plural of quasigroup

quasiharmonicity
The condition of being quasiharmonic.

quasihexagon
A rough approximation of a hexagon

quasihexagons
plural of quasihexagon

quasihole
A hole equivalent to the absence of a quasiparticle

quasiholes
plural of quasihole

quasiidentities
plural of quasiidentity

quasiidentity
A kind of Horn clause, a generalization of identities.

quasiinformation
Synonym of misinformation.

quasiisomorphism
Alternative form of quasi-isomorphism.

quasilikelihood
An apparent likelihood

quasilinearisation
Alternative form of quasilinearization.

quasilinearisations
plural of quasilinearisation

quasilinearity
The state or condition of being quasilinear.

quasilinearizations
plural of quasilinearization

quasiliteracy
The state of being almost, but not entirely literate.

quasimetric
A structure that satisfies most, but not all, axioms of a metric

quasimetrics
plural of quasimetric

quasiminimality
The property of being quasiminimal.

quasimode
A mode that remains activated only through some constant action on the part of the user, such as holding down a certain key on the keyboard.
A linear combination of modes of the universe that corresponds to a cavity resonance.

quasimodes
plural of quasimode

quasimodularity
The property of being quasimodular.

quasineutrality
The state or condition of being quasineutral.

quasinorm
A function that has all the properties of a norm except the triangle inequality

quasinorms
plural of quasinorm

quasiorder
A preorder.

quasiorders
plural of quasiorder

quasiparticle
Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping of multiple particles

quasiparticles
plural of quasiparticle

quasiperiodicities
plural of quasiperiodicity

quasiperiodicity
The condition of being quasiperiodic
An example of quasiperiodic behaviour

quasipotential
A complex function of momentum and energy applied to an individual attractor in a complex system of multiple attractors

quasipotentials
plural of quasipotential

quasiprobabilities
plural of quasiprobability

quasiprobability
Alternative spelling of quasi-probability.

quasiquotation
The process of quasiquoting.

quasiracism
Practices and institutions that result in racist distinctions and discrimination, but which are not consciously motivated by racist ideology.

quasirandomization
The process of making something quasirandom

quasirandomness
The quality of being quasirandom.

quasirape
Simulated rape, for example as a type of roleplay.

quasiregularity
The property of being quasiregular.

quasirent
Alternative spelling of quasi-rent.

quasireversibility
A property of some queues, differing from reversibility in that a stronger condition is imposed on arrival rates and a weaker condition is applied on probability fluxes.

quasispin
A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles that exhibit collective behavior.

quasistability
The quality of being quasistable.

quasistar
A theoretical early universe object, with the outer layers of a star and a black hole for a stellar core. Theorized to be born of an ultramassive pre-stellar nebula collapse to an ultramassive protostar, and later birthing an intermediate mass black hole when the star's life ends.

quasistars
plural of quasistar

quasistationarity
The condition of being quasistationary

quasistrategies
plural of quasistrategy

quasisymmetries
plural of quasisymmetry

quasisymmetry
A mapping that preserves shape but allows size to change in a well-defined manner.
A pattern in which many copies of a viral protein form a huge spherical coating, where each subunit has an almost symmetrical arrangement with its neighbors.

quasit
A small horned humanoid demon with a long tail.

quasits
plural of quasit

quasiuniformity
The property of being quasiuniform.

quasiuniversality
The state of being quasiuniversal; the property of existing or holding true in virtually all conditions.

quasivarieties
plural of quasivariety

quasivariety
Any of a class of algebraic structures generalizing the notion of variety by allowing equational conditions on the axioms defining the class.

quassation
A shaking or agitation.

quassations
plural of quassation

quassinoid
Any of several triterpenoids related to quassin

quassinoids
plural of quassinoid

quaternarization
Any reaction in which a tertiary amine is converted to a quaternary ammonium compound

quaternarizations
plural of quaternarization

quaternionics
The application of the mathematics of quaternions in various disciplines.

quaternisation
Alternative form of quaternization.

quaternisations
plural of quaternisation

quaternities
plural of quaternity

quaternity
A group or set of four.
The state of being four.

quaternization
quaternarization

quaternizations
plural of quaternization

quatrin
Any of several small copper coins, similar to farthings, in any of several countries.

quatrins
plural of quatrin