Middle Ages A higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy.

Roget 95: quaternity^†, four, tetrad, quartet, quaternion, square, quarter.    [planar form with four sides] tetract^†, tetragon, quadrangle, rectangle.    [three dimensional object with four surfaces] tetrahedron.    quadrature, quadrifoil, quadriform, quadruplet; quatrefoil.    [object or animal with four legs] tetrapod.    [geographical area with four sides] quadrangle, quad [Coll.].    [electromagnetic object] quadrupole.    [four fundamental studies] quadrivium.    ... show more

Polish: quadrivium, kwadrywium