A combining form meaning four, four times, fourfold; as, quadricapsular, having four capsules.
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Of or pertaining to the second degree.
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A quantic of the second degree. See Quantic.
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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.
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The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.
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Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.
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Any quadricornous animal.
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Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle.
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Having four teeth; as, a quadridentate leaf.
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Arranged in four rows or ranks; as, quadrifarious leaves.
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Divided, or deeply cleft, into four parts; as, a quadrifid perianth; a quadrifid leaf.
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Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.
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Having four forks, or branches.