QUADRA Quad"ra, n.; pl. Quadræ. Etym: [L., a square, the socle, a platband, a fillet.] (Arch.) (a) The plinth, or lowest member, of any pedestal, podium, water table, or the like. (b) A fillet, or listel.
QUADRABLE
Quad"ra*ble, a.Etym: [See Quadrate.] (Math.)
Defn: That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; — said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms.
QUADRAGENARIOUS Quad`ra*ge*na"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. quadragenarius, fr. qyadrageni forty each.]
Defn: Consisting of forty; forty years old.
QUADRAGENE Quad"ra*gene, n. Etym: [LL. quadragena, fr. L. quadrageni forty each, akin to quadraginta forty.] (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance.
QUADRAGESIMA Quad`ra*ges"i*ma, n. Etym: [L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four.] (Eccl.)
Defn: The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. Quadragesima
Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter.
QUADRAGESIMAL
Quad`ra*ges"i*mal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. quadragésimal.]