quad vs zone

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 

zone

noun
  • A frustum of a sphere. 

  • A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections. 

  • A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc. 

  • A band or stripe extending around a body. 

  • A circuit; a circumference. 

  • Any given region or area of the world. 

  • Every of the three parts of an ice rink, divided by two blue lines. 

  • A belt or girdle. 

  • A defensive scheme where defenders guard a particular area of the court or field, as opposed to a particular opposing player. 

  • A semicircular area in front of each goal. 

  • The strike zone. 

  • A high-performance phase or period. 

  • A band or area of growth encircling anything. 

  • That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and its subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority. 

  • The curved surface of a frustum of a sphere, the portion of surface of a sphere delimited by parallel planes. 

verb
  • To divide into or assign to sections or areas. 

  • To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off. 

  • To define the property use classification of (an area). 

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