a. rare1. [f. QUADR(I)- + -AL.] By four, into four parts.
1891. W. Tuckwell, Tongues in Trees, 146. They held to the quadral division of time, distributing the day-night into four, eight or sixteen parts.
a. rare1. [f. QUADR(I)- + -AL.] By four, into four parts.
1891. W. Tuckwell, Tongues in Trees, 146. They held to the quadral division of time, distributing the day-night into four, eight or sixteen parts.