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The appropriate music for a quadrille.

According to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note…

Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf.

Having four cells, or cavities; as, a quadrilocular heart.

A small piece of money, in value about a farthing, or a half cent. [Obs.]

Possessing four nodes; as, quadrinodal curves.

A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.

Quadrinomial.

Quadrinomial. Sir W. R. Hamilton.

Divided into four parts.

In four parts.

vision or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.

Having four wings; -- said of insects.

Having four leaves; quadrifoliate.

A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.

A subdivision into four parts.

Having four hoofs; as, a quadrisulcate foot; a quadrisulcate animal.

Having four syllables; of or pertaining to quadrisyllables; as, a quadrisyllabic word.

A word consisting of four syllables. De Quincey.

The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.