quad
Other forms: quads
A quad is a rectangular shaped area, especially on a university campus, that's enclosed by buildings. Your college friend might tell you to meet her in the quad after lunch.
Quad is an abbreviation, most commonly short for quadrangle, a kind of four-sided courtyard usually defined by a large lawn and surrounded by buildings. Another kind of quad — also an abbreviation — is the large muscle in the top of your thigh, more formally known as a quadriceps muscle. Quadrangle and its nickname, quad, were 1800's Oxford slang, from the Latin root quadri, or "four."
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a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildingssynonyms: quadrangletype of:areaa part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function
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(printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentencessynonyms: spacetypes:hair space(printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letterstype of:typea small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper
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one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancysynonyms: quadruplet
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a muscle of the thigh that extends the legsynonyms: musculus quadriceps femoris, quadriceps, quadriceps femoris
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