What's the difference between quad and quadrilateral?

Quad


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Quade
  • (n.) A quadrat.
  • (n.) A quadrangle; hence, a prison.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In a Bloomberg article last week, for example, one Stanford student compared women who get raped to unlocked bicycles : ‘Do I deserve to have my bike stolen if I leave it unlocked on the quad?’ [Chris] Herries, 22, said.
  • (2) "In the wake of Julio Baptista's quad-trick, which player has scored the most goals against Liverpool in one game at Anfield?"
  • (3) ECC:CON PT for QUAD were higher (p less than 0.05) in females than in males.
  • (4) The echocardiographic images were digitized and randomly assigned in a quad-screen format for nonbiased interpretation.
  • (5) Long-term controls suggest the use of Quad-Helix and III Class elastic traction as soon as possible, in order to correct premaxillary and maxillary hypoplasia eventually complicated by a posterior cross-bite.
  • (6) It was concluded that the MMS Enteric Quad Panels provide an efficient, relatively inexpensive, and reasonably accurate method for identification of the Enterobacteriaceae.
  • (7) The purpose of this investigation was to characterize the in vitro force delivery of the quad-helix appliance.
  • (8) Osborne confirmed on Sunday that the main points of the budget were agreed by the "quad" group of ministers – the chancellor, the prime minister, Nick Clegg and Danny Alexander – last Monday.
  • (9) Differences in posture were not associated with differences in abscissal intercepts in either Quad or Con.
  • (10) The G3 will also have metal body and use Qualcomm’s quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor, which other flagship phones from Samsung, Sony and HTC have used to produce fast smartphones with at least one full day's battery life.
  • (11) The assembly of fibronectin into disulfide cross-linked extracellular matrices requires the interaction of mesenchymal cells with two distinct sites on fibronectin, the Arg-Gly-Asp cell adhesive site and an amino-terminal site contained within the first five type I homologous repeats (Quade, B. J., and McDonald, J.
  • (12) EF Synergy Quad plates, standard microdilution panels prepared in house, Pasco MIC Gram-Positive panels (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.), MicroScan MIC Type 5 dry panels (Baxter Healthcare Corp., MicroScan Div., West Sacramento, Calif.), and Vitek GPS-TA cards (Vitek Systems Inc., Hazelwood, Mo.).
  • (13) The sand was criss-crossed by police on horses and quad bikes.
  • (14) RVA in the QUAD group was significantly higher than in the PARA or AB group (P less than 0.003).
  • (15) Reducing the scanning time and the X-ray tube anode current to 80-100 mA is the main way of reducing the radiation dose without noticeably lowering the tomogram image quality in examination of the eye area using the USA QUAD-1 X-ray computer tomograph of the fourth generation.
  • (16) Variations in QUAD, FDHL, and MTIB PSP pattern and amplitude were correlated with variations in the PSP pattern evoked by stimulation of the sural nerve: excitatory oligosynaptic group I PSPs generally appeared in motoneurons receiving excitatory cutaneous (sural nerve) input, whereas inhibitory PSPs generally appeared in motoneurons receiving some inhibitory cutaneous input and were largest in motoneurons receiving predominantly inhibition from the sural nerve.
  • (17) 4,500 containers or TEUs, as the Ministry of Defence calls them (the acronym stands for Twenty Foot Equivalent Units), will be packed with small arms, ammo, quad bikes, and other less valuable kit, and put on trucks.
  • (18) These studies show significant alterations in the sensitivity of osmotically stimulated vasopressin release related to differences in posture in Quad, characterized by enhanced sensitivity in erect posture due to nonosmotic stimuli not evident in Con.
  • (19) In the experiments described in the preceding paper electrical stimulation of the quadriceps (QUAD), medial tibial (MTIB), and flexor digitorum and hallucis longus (FDHL) muscle nerves was used to evoke oligosynaptic group I postsynaptic potentials (PSPs) in medial gastrocnemius (MG) motoneurons.
  • (20) Changes in plasma arginine vasopressin concentration (PAVP) during hypertonic NaCl infusions were also greater in erect than in supine Quad (P less than 0.005), despite identical changes in plasma osmolality (Posm).

Quadrilateral


Definition:

  • (a.) Having four sides, and consequently four angles; quadrangular.
  • (n.) A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines.
  • (n.) An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In 33 patients an external quadrilateral frame system was applied primarily, and in the remaining nine within 1-2 weeks.
  • (2) Attempts have been made to avoid the fallacies with the introduction of quadrilateral and Wits analyses.
  • (3) The purpose of this case report is to 1) briefly describe the traditional above-knee (AK) quadrilateral socket, 2) describe the contoured adducted trochanteric-controlled alignment method (CAT-CAM) socket, 3) describe the management of a patient with a temporary CAT-CAM prosthesis, and 4) explain how the CAT-CAM prosthesis approach has resolved a medically complex clinical problem.
  • (4) Moreover, the impression has been created that they are not governed by the basic biomechanical rules identified by Radcliffe as affecting the quadrilateral socket.
  • (5) Axisymmetric 8-node quadrilateral element for arbitrary loading was used for the analysis.
  • (6) Successful ligation experiments include the oligomerization of individual three-arm and four-arm junctions, the assembly of a quadrilateral from four junctions with different sticky ends, and the recent construction of a molecule with the connectivity of a cube.
  • (7) This paper applies the more abstract and inclusive concept of "embodiment" from the phenomenological movement in philosophy to the life history of a 35-year-old American woman born with quadrilateral limb deficiencies.
  • (8) On Tuesday the finance ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland branded quadrilateral Brexit talks with the chief secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, as disappointing, accusing him of failing to provide enough information on how exiting the EU would affect their nations.
  • (9) Craniofacial structure was described with DiPaolo's quadrilateral measures.
  • (10) Analysis showed that a pair of parallel sides of a quadrilateral were viewed as parallel to the viewer's forehead when the sides were horizontal in the image plane and were seen as slanting in depth if they were slanted in the image plane.
  • (11) Septal deformity is of two kinds, which may occur independently, or together: 1) anterior cartilage deformity of the quadrilateral septal cartilage, caused by direct trauma or pressure at any age; and 2) combined septal deformity involving all the septal components, caused by compression across the maxilla from pressures occurring during pregnancy or parturition.
  • (12) In this patient, entrapment of the axillary nerve by fibrous bands in the quadrilateral space caused shoulder pain with paresthesias in the upper extremity.
  • (13) An axisymmetric element of quadrilateral cross-section is developed and applied to the mechanical test problem of a cylindrical specimen of soft tissue in unconfined compression.
  • (14) The primary treatment was conservative with cast immobilization in 86 patients, external fixation by a quadrilateral system in 14, and open reduction and internal fixation in four.
  • (15) The two danger zones are the zygomatic arch which is crossed by the frontal nerve trunk and a quadrilateral area between the hairline and the tail of the eyebrow and a vertical line 1.5 cm lateral to the lateral canthus of the eye.
  • (16) In healthy children younger than 5 years of age, the thymus had a quadrilateral shape and biconvex lateral contours.
  • (17) Five, rehabilitated, unilateral above-knee amputees (average age, 34.4 years) using quadrilateral sockets were converted to Contoured Adducted Trochanteric-Controlled Alignment Method (CAT-CAM) sockets to determine the effect on ambulatory function.
  • (18) The quadrilateral did not appear to be rectangular when viewed in peripheral vision even though the rectangular viewing condition was used.
  • (19) We consider the CAT-CAM prosthesis an improvement over the quadrilateral socket for increasing ambulation independence in the individual with AK amputation and other medical complications.
  • (20) He also criticised the UK for not showing more imagination Updated at 11.36am GMT 11.12am GMT The leaders of Sweden , Finland , the Netherlands and Denmark have been holding talks ( a quadrilateral-meeting? )