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Architecture

• Quadrangle in architecture, e.g., on a university campus
• Quad, a dormitory room or suite housing four residents

quadrangle is a good name for a mathlete team. ... A typical American college dorm room Another typical not-so-clean college dorm room Watterson Towers, Illinois State University Potomac Hall, second-largest dormitory at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. ...

Games

• Quad Damage, a Quake power-up
• Quad, a type of combined robotic enemy in the Nintendo Gamecube game Metroid Prime 2
• Quad (more commonly Quads), four of a kind in poker

The Quad damage is a powerup in the first-person shooter computer game series Quake. ... Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is the direct sequel to Metroid Prime, and is the latest game in Nintendos Metroid series to appear on the GameCube. ... A game of Texas holdem, the most popular form of poker, in progress. ...

Music, theatre and film

• Quad (play), by Samuel Beckett
• Quad (music), a musical project by Gary Ramon
• Quad Electroacoustics, a British manufacturer of electronic amplifiers, tuners and loudspeakers mainly for the high-end domestic market
• Quadraphonic, or four-channel sound
• Quad Toms, marching percussion instrument
• Quad, a film poster in the United Kingdom typically measuring 30 x 40 inches

Quad is a short dramatic work by Samuel Beckett, described as a piece for four players, light, and percussion. ... Quad or QUAD was the name of a solo music project by Gary Ramon. ... This article is about the hi-fi manufacturer. ... 4 channels quadraphonic label Quadraphonic sound uses four channels in which speakers are positioned at all four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are independent of each other. ... A tenor drum is a low-pitched cylindrical drum, but slightly higher pitched than a bass drum. ... German Three sheet Movie poster for Metropolis. ... German Three sheet Movie poster for Metropolis. ...

Science and mathematics

• Quadriceps, a muscle
• Quadruped, a creature or mechanism which moves on four legs
• Quad (energy), a unit of energy (short for quadrillion) defined as 10¹⁵ British thermal units (about 1.055 exajoule (EJ) or 1.055 × 10¹⁸ J)
• Quadrilateral, a four sided figure in plane geometry
• Quadratic, the second power in mathematics
• Quadrangle (geography), a 7.5-minute topographic map produced by the United States Geological Survey, covering in greater detail one quarter of the area of a 15-minute map

Muscles of the iliac and anterior femoral regions. ... The Zebra is an example of a quadruped. ... A typical chart using quads. ... The British thermal unit (BTU or Btu) is a unit of energy used in the Power, Steam Generation and Heating and Air Conditioning industry globally. ... In geometry, a quadrilateral is a polygon with four sides and four vertices. ... f(x) = x2 - x - 2 In mathematics, a quadratic function is a polynomial function of the form , where a is nonzero. ... In geology or geography, the word quadrangle usually refers to a United States Geological Survey (USGS) 7. ... Example of a topographic map with contour lines Part of the same map in a perspective shaded relief view illustrates how the contour lines of the original follow the terrain Topographic maps are a variety of map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using contour...

Society and religion

• Quadrangle Club, one of the ten eating clubs at Princeton University
• Quadruple combination, the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price published together in a single volume

Quadrangle Club, often abbreviated to Quad is one of the ten eating clubs at Princeton University. ... The Bible is the collection of sacred writings or books of Judaism and Christianity. ... The Book of Mormon[1] is one of the sacred texts of the Latter Day Saint movement, named after the prophet/historian Mormon who, according to the text, compiled most of the book. ... Doctrine and Covenants The Doctrine and Covenants (sometimes referred to as the D&C) is a part of the open scriptural canon of Mormonism. ... For other uses of Pearl of Great Price, see the Pearl of Great Price page. ...

Sports

• Quad, a chairlift in skiing which carries four persons
• Quad, a jump with four revolutions in figure skating
• Quad skates, roller skates with two wheels on each of two axles

A chairlift in Bad Hofgastein, Austria A chairlift, also known as a fixed-grip chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a constantly moving loop of steel cable strung between two end terminals and generally over intermediate towers. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... Inline roller skater on a slalom course Roller skating is travelling on smooth terrain with roller skates. ...

Technology

• Quad precision, a number stored using 16 eight-bit bytes, which is four times the size of 4-byte single precision
• Quad Electroacoustics, a British manufacturer of electronic amplifiers, tuners and loudspeakers mainly for the high-end domestic market
• Quad, an abbreviation for a type of videotape recorder, especially 2" Quadruplex videotape, where there are four record heads on a spinning drum which move perpendicular to the direction of tape travel
• Quad, telecommunication term referring to a cable with four conductors in a square formation used to form either two balanced pairs
• Star quad, a cable with four conductors in a square formation, in which opposite conductors are connected in parallel at both ends to form a single, magnetically-concentric balanced pair, in order to minimise magnetic induction
• Quadraphonic, or four-channel sound
• QuadNet,bali

In computing, quad precision is a computer numbering format that occupies four storage locations in computer memory at address, address+1, address+2, and address+3. ... This article is about the hi-fi manufacturer. ... 2 Quadruplex (also called 2 Quad, or just quad, for short) was the first practical and commercially successful videotape format. ... In telecommunications, a balanced line or balanced signal pair is a transmission line consisting of two conductors in the presence of ground, which relies on balanced impedances to minimize interference. ... 4 channels quadraphonic label Quadraphonic sound uses four channels in which speakers are positioned at all four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are independent of each other. ...

Vehicles

• Quadruple combination fire apparatus that features a pump, tank, hose and a full complement of ground ladders
• Quad bike or quad cycle, a four wheeled all-terrain vehicle
• Quad, a tandem bicycle with four seats
• Quad, a muscle car with a four-barrel carburetor
• Quad, the nickname of the Morris C8 artillery gun tractor
• Quad, an autonymous rocket by Armadillo Aerospace

A fire apparatus, fire engine or fire truck or fire appliance usually refers to a vehicle designed to fight fires. ... A group of “quad” all terrain vehicles This article is primarily about land-dwelling ATVs. ... The tandem bicycle or twin is a form of bicycle (occasionally, a tricycle) designed to be powered by more than one person. ... The Pontiac GTO is a classic example of the muscle car. ... General characteristics Role Gun tractor Crew 1 + 5 passengers armour none Capacity - Length 4. ... Armadillo Aerospace is an aerospace startup company based in Mesquite, Texas. ...

Other

• Quad Cities, a region which includes the cities of Bettendorf, Iowa, Davenport, Iowa, Moline, Illinois, and Rock Island, Illinois
• Quad, or Quadrupel, a strong Belgian abbey style beer.
• Quad, a slang reference for a quarter-ounce (7 grams) of various drugs, most commonly marijuana
• Quad, a derogatory term for a quadriplegic
• Quad, a trade negotiation term for the countries of the United States, Japan and Canada, plus the European Union
• Quad (Star Trek), a unit of measurement in the fictional Star Trek universe
• Quad cannon, an anti-air weapon
• John Callahan's Quads!, an animated series from Nelvana

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quad is ued four the number 4 The I-74 Bridge, connecting Bettendorf, Iowa and Moline, Illinois is located near the geographic center of the Quad Cities. ... Quadrupel is the brand name of a strong beer brewed by La Trappe in the Netherlands, the only Trappist brewing abbey not in Belgium. ... A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ... Quadriplegia, also known as tetraplegia, is a symptom in which a human experiences paralysis of all four limbs, although not necessarily total paralysis. ... A quad is a measurement of data size on the science fiction show Star Trek, including kiloquads, gigaquads, and teraquads. ... Command & Conquer: Generals is a real-time strategy game in the Command & Conquer series. ... John Callahans Quads! is a Canada-Australia co-production cartoon, based upon work of John Callahan. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...