Index of English words, starting with "qu"

(1) - Quadrature (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition.
(2) - Quadrature (a.) The integral used in obtaining the area bounded by a curve; hence, the definite integral of the product of any function of one variable into the differential of that variable.
(3) - Quadrature (a.) A quadrate; a square.
(4) - Quadrature (a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas.

(1) - Quadrennial (a.) Occurring once in four years, or at the end of every four years; as, quadrennial games.
(2) - Quadrennial (a.) Comprising four years; as, a quadrennial period.

(1) - Quadrennially (adv.) Once in four years.

(1) - Quadrennium (n.) A space or period of four years.