quad vs region

quad

noun
  • A quadrilateral. 

  • A quadriplegic person. 

  • A skate with four wheels. 

  • A quadcopter. 

  • A blank metal block used to fill short lines of 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. 

  • A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once. 

  • Quadruplex videotape. 

  • The quadriceps muscle. 

  • A quadrupel beer. 

  • A quad bike (from quadricycle) 

  • The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume. 

  • A quadruplet (infant). 

  • A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard). 

  • A serving of four shots of espresso. 

  • A joke used to fill long days of setting type. 

  • A poster, measuring forty by thirty inches, advertising a cinematic film release. 

adj
  • Of or relating to quads. 

  • Having four shots of espresso. 

verb
  • To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out. 

  • To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together. 

  • To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it. 

  • to ride a quad bike 

region

noun
  • A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated. 

  • Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons. 

  • A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province. 

  • An administrative subdivision of the European Union. 

  • A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture. 

  • The inhabitants of a region or district of a country. 

  • Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward. 

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