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Definition quad

Etymology 1

From Latin.

Noun

quad (plural quads)

1. Four shots of espresso.
2. (chess) A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
3. (Mormonism) The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
4. A poster, measuring forty by thirty inches, advertising a cinematic film release.

Adjective

quad (not comparable)

1. Having four shots of espresso.

Etymology 2

Clipping

Noun

quad (plural quads)

1. (informal) A quadrangle (courtyard).
2. (informal) A quadruplet (infant).
3. (computer graphics) A quadrilateral.
4. (informal) A quadriceps muscle.
5. (informal) A quadrupel beer.

Adjective

quad (not comparable)

1. (poker slang) Of or relating to quads.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation

Noun

quad (plural quads)

1. A quad bike (from quadricycle)
2. Abbreviation of quadrillion BTU. (10 BTU)

Etymology 4

1785 Quads. pl, 1847 quads, verb 1876. From the abbreviation quad., for obsolete quadrat. Keyboard command is named for the verb sense.

Noun

quad (plural quads)

1. (letterpress typography) A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
2. (printing slang) A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
3. (typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting) 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.

Verb

quad (third-person singular simple present quads, present participle quadding, simple past and past participle quadded)

1. (letterpress typography, transitive, intransitive) To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
2. (typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting, transitive, intransitive) To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.

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