quad vs stadium

quad

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

  • 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. 

  • 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 quadrilateral. 

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

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

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 

adj
  • Of or relating to quads. 

  • Having four shots of espresso. 

stadium

noun
  • A venue where sporting events are held. 

  • a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope. 

  • Synonym of stadion, a Greek unit of length equivalent to about 185 m. 

  • A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends. 

  • A life stage of an organism. 

  • An Ancient Greek racecourse, especially, the Olympic course for foot races. 

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