Quad

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Quad as a word or prefix usually means four. It may refer to:

Government

  • Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, a strategic security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States
  • Quadrilateral group, an informal group that includes the trade spokesmen of the United States, Japan, Canada, and the European Union
  • Quad Cities, a group of five cities straddling the boundary between the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois
  • The "Quad", the senior members of the Cameron–Clegg coalition government in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015

Art and entertainment

  • Matthias Quad (1557–1613), engraver and cartographer
  • Quad (film), 2015
  • Quad (music), a musical project by Gary Ramon
  • Quad (play), by Samuel Beckett
  • The Quad (TV series), 2017
  • Quad (arts centre), in Derby, United Kingdom
  • Quad Cinema, art house in New York City, New York
  • Quad (company), formerly Quad/Graphics, an international marketing company
  • Quadruple combination, the four books that comprise the canon of the LDS church

Medicine and anatomy

  • Quadriplegic, a person paralyzed in all four limbs
  • Quadriceps femoris, a large leg muscle group
  • Quadruplets, four children from a multiple birth

Sports

  • Quad (figure skating), a figure skating jump with four revolutions
  • Quad scull, a boat configuration of four rowers
  • Quad skates, roller skates with two wheels on each of two axles
  • Quad, one of the divisions in wheelchair tennis
  • Quadruple-double, a statistical accomplishment in basketball
  • Quadrennium, the 4-year training cycle between Olympic games

Transportation

  • Quad bike or all-terrain vehicle, a vehicle that travels on low-pressure tires
  • Quad, a tandem bicycle with four seats
  • Quadracycle, a four-wheeled human-powered land vehicle
  • Jeffery Quad, a four-wheel drive truck
  • Quadcopter, a four-rotor helicopter
  • Quad, a chairlift in skiing which carries four persons
  • Quad, or railroad speeder, a motorized vehicle used for maintenance on railroads
  • Quad (rocket), an autonomous rocket by Armadillo Aerospace

Technology

Other uses

  • Quad (unit), unit of energy, short for quadrillion, 1015 BTU
  • Quadrangle (architecture), a space or courtyard bordered by buildings
  • Quad (geography), a United States Geological Survey topographical map
  • Quad (typography), a spacer used in letterpress type
  • Quadrilateral, in geometry
  • Quad poster, a common UK size of film poster
  • Quadrat, in ecology, a small study area or a frame used to define it
  • Quadrupel, a Belgian beer
  • The Quad Casino (now The Linq), on the Las Vegas Strip
  • Four-of-a-kind in poker
  • Sako Quad, a Finnish bolt-action rifle

See also

  • Quadrangle (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles containing Quad
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