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The definition of a quad, short for quadrangle, is a large open area where people can gather, surrounded on four sides by buildings.

(noun)

An example of a quad is a courtyard in a school.

See quad in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

quadrangle (of a college)
quadruplet

adjective

quadraphonic

noun

Printing a piece of type metal lower than the face of the type, used for spacing, to fill blank lines, etc.

Origin: < quad(rat)

transitive verb quadded, quadding

Printing to fill out (a line) by means of quads

noun

quod

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noun

a unit of energy equal to one quadrillion Btu

quadrangle
quadrant
quadruplicate

See quad in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A quadrangle: cadets forming up in the barracks quad.

noun
Printing

See quadrat.

adjective & n.
Informal

Quadruple.

noun

A quadruplet.

adjective

Quadraphonic.

noun
Informal

A quadriceps muscle. Often used in the plural.

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