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A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.
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Divided into four parts.
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A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.
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Having four wings; -- said of insects.
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Having four leaves; quadrifoliate.
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A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.
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A subdivision into four parts.
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Having four hoofs; as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcate animal.
Alt. of Quadri-syllabical
Having four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word.
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A word consisting of four syllables.
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The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.
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Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.
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Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp.
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A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.
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Having four valves; quadrivalve.
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Having four ways meeting in a point.