quadral

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkwɒdɹəl/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A grammatical number referring to four (or more) things. countable,uncountable
    — These are the three best claims for quadrals. There are several false trails in the literature, that is, suggestions of other Austronesian languages with quadrals, which turn out in fact to have four number values not five.
  2. A set of points with all the combinatorial properties of a quadric (a quadric being the set of points of PG(n, q) whose coordinates satisfy a quadratic equation). countable,uncountable
    — "A polynomial P(x₁, ..., xₙ is called quadral if it splits into a product of quadratic (or linear) functions in the complex field of coefficients."
  3. A set of four phrases, separated by pauses when speaking or commas when writing. countable,rhetoric,uncountable
    — The first instinctive step in revising written matter looks to an effecting of quadrals; any later revision aims at a perfecting of the rhythma.
  4. A foursome. countable,uncountable
    — I like to call 4-person interactions and relational systems 'quadrals' (845—846). Their potentially visible occurrence in encounter type groups probably varies widely, and is not often discriminated unless in groups literally composed of couples.
形容词 adj.
  1. Referring to four (or more) things; of, in or relating to the quadral grammatical number. not-comparable
    — […] in Konomala, Patpatar, Tolai, Kandas, Duke of York and Siar of New Ireland, these quadral forms have replaced the original plurals.
  2. Of or relating to quadral polynomials. not-comparable

词形变化

quadrals plural quadrual alternative quatral alternative quadrual alternative quatral alternative

词源

词源 1
From New Latin quadrālis, from quadru- (“four-”) + -ālis.
词源 2
From New Latin quadrālis, from quadru- (“four-”) + -ālis.
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