Quad (energy)
WordNet
noun
(1) A rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
(2) (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words
(3) A muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
(4) One of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A quadrangle (courtyard).
- A quadruplet (infant).
- short for quadrilateral
- A quadriceps muscle.
- Four shots of espresso.
- A quad bike.
Etymology 2
1785 Quads. pl, 1847 quads, verb 1876. From the abbreviation , for obsolete . Keyboard command is named for the verb sense.
Noun
- A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, “Household Words”, n 160 (April 16), p 148:
- “Quadrats, sir. We call 'em quads.” . . . Quads are the spaces left between the paragraphs that come white on the paper. If you look here, at this page that is set-up, you will see that they are deeper than the spaces left between the words and letters—regular little trenches.
- 1979, Marshall Lee, Bookmaking, p 110:
- Horizontal spacing is further divided into multiples and fractions of the em. The multiples are called quads. The fractions are called spaces.
- 2005, Phil Baines and Andrew Haslam, Type & Typography, 2nd ed, p 91:
- Other larger spaces – known as quads – were used to space out lines.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, “Household Words”, n 160 (April 16), p 148:
- A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
- A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as quad left, quad right, or quad centre.
Verb
- To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
- To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.