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GLOSSARY. 



ment consisting of a graduated 



quarter circle, used for taking the 



altitude of the sun or stars. 

 Quad'rate (Lat. quad'ra, a square). 



A square ; square. 

 Quadratic (Lat. quad'ra, a square). 



Denoting, or pertaining to a square; 



quadratic equations are those 



which contain the square of the 



quantity, the value of which is to 



be found. 

 Quadrature (Lat. quad'ra, a square) . 



The reduction of a figure to a 



square ; in astronomy, the position 



of a planet when the lines from the 



earth to the sun and it form an 



angle of 90 degrees. 

 Quadra' tus (Lat. quad'ra, a square). 



Square ; a name applied to several 



muscles of the body, from their 



shape. 

 Quadren'nial (Lat. quat'uor, four; 



an'nus, a year). Comprising four 



years ; occurring every four 



years. 



Quadri-(Lat. quat'uor, four). A pre- 

 fix in compound words, signifying 



four. 

 Quadrifa'rious (Lat. quadrifa'riam, 



in four ways). In four rows. . 

 Quad'rifid (Lat. quad'ra, four; findo, 



I cleave). Four-cleft. 

 Quadriju'gate (Lat. quaff uor, four ; 



ju'gum, a yoke). Having four pairs 



of leaflets. 

 Quadrifur'cate (Lafc. quat'uor, four ; 



fur'ca, a fork). Doubly forked. 

 Quadrigem'inal (Lat. quat'uor, four ; 



gem'ini, twins). Fourfold; having 



four similar parts. 

 Quadrilat'eral (Lat. quat'uor, four ; 



la'tus, a side). Having four 



sides. 

 Quadrilit'eral (Lat. quat'uor, four ; 



lit' era, a letter). Consisting of 



four letters. 

 Quadrilo'bate (Lat. quatfuor, four ; 



lo'bus, a lobe). Having four 



lobes. 

 Quadriloc'ular (Lat. quat'iior, four ; 



loc'ulus, a little space). Having 



four cells or chambers. 

 Quadripartite (Lat. quatuor, four; 



par'tio, I divide). Divided deeply 



into four parts. 



Quadrip'licate (Lat. quat'uor, four ; 

 plic'a, a fold). Having four plaits 

 or folds. 



Quadru'mana (Lat. quat'uor, four ; 

 man'us, a hand). An order of 

 mammals, characterised by the 

 presence of thumbs on all the four 

 limbs, as the monkeys. 



Quad'ruped (Lat. quat'uor, four ; 

 pes, a foot). Having four legs and 

 feet. 



Quadruplicate (Lat. quat'uor, four ; 

 plic'o, I fold). Fourfold; four 

 times repeated. 



Quaquaver'sal (Lat. quaqua, on every 

 side ; versus, turned). Dipping on 

 all sides ; applied in geology to 

 strata that dip on all sides from a 

 common centre. 



Quarantine (Italian quaranti'na, 

 forty). Properly, a space of forty 

 days; but now applied to any 

 term, during which a ship on 

 arriving at port, if suspected of 

 being infected with contagious 

 disease, is obliged to forbear all 

 intercourse with the place. 



Quartan (Lat. quar'tus, fourth) . Oc- 

 curring every fourth day ; applied 

 especially to a form of ague. 



Quarta'tion (Lat. quar'tus, fourth). 

 A process in chemistry by which 

 the quantity of one thing is made 

 equal to the fourth part of another. 



Quar'tite (Lat. quar'tus, fourth). In 

 astronomy, an aspect of the planets 

 when they are distant from each 

 other a quarter of a circle. 



Quartine (Lat. quar'tus, fourth). In 

 botany, the fourth coat of the 

 ovule. 



Quartz. Crystallised silica; silica 

 in its purest rock-form. 



Quasi (Lat. as if). A word used to 

 express resemblance. 



Quaternary (Lat. quat'uor, four). 

 Consisting of fours ; in geology, 

 applied to the accumulations above 

 the true tertiary strata. 



Queen-post. In* architecture, the 

 suspending posts in the framed 

 principal of a roof, where there are 

 two such posts. 



Quies'cent (Lat. qui'es, rest). Being 

 at rest ; having no sound. 



