(a.) Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a quadrate, or square; square.
(a.) Tetragonal.
(a.) Pertaining to terms of the second degree; as, a quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two recent innovations in time-dose models are reviewed: the linear-quadratic (L-Q) and the variable-exponent Time-Dose Factor (TDF) models.
(2) A sample of 481 clinical isolates from nine of the most commonly isolated gram-negative groups was identified by the quadratic discriminant function technique.
(3) The reported second-order quadratic curves could be used as reference for prosthetic and orthodontic reconstructions.
(4) Egg production and egg specific gravity were correlated to D3 level in a quadratic fashion.
(5) The pattern of gastric emptying assumed the following three attitudes, that is, exponential (44%), quadratic (29%) and unclassified (27%) pattern.
(6) Plasma urea concentrations decreased linearly (P less than .01) on d 28 as lysine level increased, whereas plasma lysine and insulin were increased (quadratic, P less than .01).
(7) Sound velocities, breaking strengths calculated from velocities adjusted for estimated soft tissue cover, measured bone mediolateral diameters and cannon diameters minus estimated soft tissue increased as quadratic functions of chronologic age (r greater than .840; P less than .0001).
(8) This model corresponds to quadratic summation of the stimulus followed by a random threshold device.
(9) The growth rate of broiler chicks fed the diets increased quadratically (P less than .001) with L-threonine addition.
(10) Primitively, vibrations reached the stapes mainly via the anterior hyoid cornu, but in dicynodonts, therocephalians, and cynodants vibrations passed mainly or exclusively from mandible to quadrate to stapes and the reflected lamina was a component of the eardrum.
(11) In the 3 subsets with duration of disease less than 21 years, stepwise regression produced in the final step linear or quadratic combinations not containing duration of disease but correlating quite well with the 'Larsen index' (R = 0.64-0.96).
(12) Conduction changes were better fitted by this "quadratic model" (least sum of squared deviations 3.9 x 10(-3) by mapping in five dogs, 2.7 x 10(-2) by use of QRS duration in nine dogs) than by a monoexponential model (sum of squared deviations 5.7 x 10(-3) by mapping, 3.4 x 10(-2) with QRS; p less than 0.01 vs. quadratic model for each).
(13) The diagnosis of gravity rests on the measurement of the mean gradient by applying Bernouilli's equation and the point by point quadratic transformation of the transmitral velocity curve obtained by Doppler and the measurement of the mitral area either by measurement of the half-decrease time in pressure or by applying the continuity equation.
(14) In the case of quadratic regression, the type I error will be increased by roughly 50 per cent.
(15) Both food and water intake showed a quadratic relationship with the level of added dietary Cu.
(16) were not found to increase when tested by linear and quadratic models of time trend.
(17) Dose-effect relationships for most of the sampling times were linear and sometimes linear-quadratic concave upward or downward.
(18) The parietal, squamosal, and exoccipital bones, and the quadrate cartilage were displaced when otic capsule material was absent or oversized.
(19) In 1,071 men randomly selected from the general population and in an unrelated sample of 1,209 military men, systolic and diastolic blood pressure were correlated with urinary sodium following a model, which included both the linear and quadratic terms of urinary sodium.
(20) A quadratic discriminant analysis of morphometric-densitometric data of tumour cell nuclei and semiquantitative microscopic data gave a 94% agreement with subjective grading.
Quadrennial
Definition:
(a.) Comprising four years; as, a quadrennial period.
(a.) Occurring once in four years, or at the end of every four years; as, quadrennial games.
Example Sentences:
(1) One of its functions is organizing a quadrennial international cancer congress.
(2) The Perugia Division of Cancer Research (DCR) owes much to HLS because he was always ready with advice and help of every nature and because the Perugia Quadrennial International Conferences on Cancer (PQICC) had their beginning through his will and always enjoyed his authoritative approval and aid.
(3) But in most countries where watching the game of football is a regular occurrence rather than a quadrennial diversion, they understand – unlike Americans – that its purpose is to incite and, in part, appease the bloodlust of the disenfranchised masses.
(4) Quinn's real chance came when the Board in 1985 gave her a new assignment: updating ICN's history, the result being ICN--Past and Present, which was launched at the 19th Quadrennial Congress in Seoul in 1989.
(5) By 2009, the equivalent stage of the next quadrennial World Cup cycle, that figure had climbed to more than $1bn.
(6) The authors delivered this paper at one of the Special Interest sessions in Tel Aviv at the Quadrennial Congress and stimulated the audience to much thought.
(7) Australia is being assessed before the universal periodic review , a quadrennial assessment of countries’ human rights record by the UN human rights council.
(8) She was also the keynote speaker at ICN's 19th Quadrennial Congress in Seoul, Korea, 28 May-2 June 1989, described by Korean Prime Minister Kang Young Hoon in his address at the opening ceremonies as the "festival of peace and friendship for nurses the world over".
(9) In my opinion, this equates to a possible situation where only a tiny minority of the most gifted, talented and motivated children compete in a single quadrennial competition.
(10) The pattern for 2016 looks very similar to 2015, but with the bonus of the maxi-quadrennial events of the visually stunning Rio Olympics, the Uefa Euro football championships and, of course, the US presidential election to boost marketing investments, as usual by up to 1% or so,” he said.
(11) The quadrennial survey continues to provide useful information on an easily identifiable and traceable patient population, but the process would be greatly simplified by the adoption of a "universal" reporting system such as that used in Europe.
(12) The flaws highlighted by Clinton in the country’s energy infrastructure, including pipeline spills, rail car explosions, and the exposure to cyber-attacks, mirror the findings of the first-ever quadrennial energy review conducted by the Obama administration and released in April.