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quadannual

quadannual adjective: once every four years; quadrennial.

Adjective

quadannual (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Once every four years; quadrennial.
    • Under mounting pressure from native people, who began attending their quadannual conventions in the mid-1970s, both the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and World Parks Congress have voted by wide majorities their approval of […]2011, Mark Dowie, Conservation Refugees, page 155
    • The quadannual cycle and the 36 day cycle were also observed in the spectra of SE and SW regions.2011, S. D. Attri, L. S. Rathore, M. V. K. Sivakumar, Challenges and Opportunities in Agrometeorology, page 78

Origin of quadannual

From quad- + annual.

Questions about quadannual

What does quadannual mean?
Quadannual means once every four years; quadrennial.
What part of speech is quadannual?
Quadannual is an adjective.

Words near quadannual in the dictionary

  1. quad-demics
  2. Quadaffi
  3. Quadaffy
  4. Quadafi
  5. Quadafy
  6. quadannual
  7. Quadarella
  8. quadazocine
  9. quadball
  10. quadballs
  11. quadband

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