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Quadrant
- noun - a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies
- a quarter of the circumference of a circle
- any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes
- the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle
Quadrate
- adjective - a cubelike object
- a square-shaped object
- having four sides and four angles
Quadrics
- noun - a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree
Quadriga
- - A car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
Quadroon
- noun - an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black
Quiddany
- - A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade.
Quiddity
- noun - an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
- the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
Quiddler
- - One who wastes his energy about trifles.
Quidnunc
- noun - a person who meddles in the affairs of others
Quoddies
- - Herring taken and cured or smoked near Quoddy Head, Maine, or near the entrance of Passamaquoddy Bay.