quad
noun
[ kwɒd ]
• a quadrangle.
• "students greeted him as he walked through the quad"
• a quadruplet.
• "9,294 women gave birth to twins, while 147 had triplets, and five had quads"
• a quadriceps muscle.
• "I have well-developed quads but my glutes are not all they could be"
• a quad bike.
• "inexperienced riders on quads and mopeds"
• quadraphony.
• "we issued records in two forms at once, stereo and quad"
• (in telephony) a group of four insulated conductors twisted together, usually forming two circuits.
• a radio aerial in the form of a square or rectangle broken in the middle of one side.
• a traditional four-wheeled roller skate.
• a small metal block in various sizes, lower than type height, used in letterpress printing for filling up short lines.
quad
adjective
• quadruple or quadraphonic.
