What's the difference between quadrivial and quadrivium?
Quadrivial
Definition:
(a.) Having four ways meeting in a point.
(n.) One of the four "liberal arts" making up the quadrivium.
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Quadrivium
Definition:
(n.) The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium.
Example Sentences:
(1) In medieval times, music was part of the quadrivium, studied alongside maths, geometry and astronomy.
(2) This Pythagorean view re-emerged in medieval universities, where scholars studied the quadrivium, which divided the science of mathematics into four parts: geometry and arithmetic, astronomy and music.