quartal
quartal adjective: of base four; using only four unique digits.
Adjective
quartal (not comparable)
- Of base four; using only four unique digits.
- Having a distinct preference for intervals of fourths.
Noun
quartal (plural quartals)
- A section or block of a city in Russia.
- According to the police regulation, Moſco is partitioned into twenty chief diviſions, denominated from the principal ſtreets they ſeverally comprehend, e. gr. the Boſmanſkoi, the Verſkoi, &c. Each of theſe main diviſions are again divided into ſeveral quartals.1800, W[illiam] Tooke, “Sketch of Mosco”, in History of Russia, from the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rurik, to the Accession of Catharine the Second, volume II, London: […] A. Strahan, […], for...
- In order to simplify the regulations of the police, the city is divided into several quarters, or, according to the Russian terms, quartals. […] The first Admiralty Quartal, nearly in the centre of the city, is the smallest, but it is that in which luxury and wealth have established their...1827, George Matthew Jones, Travels in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia and Turkey; Also on the Coasts of the Sea of Azof and of the Black Sea: […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], pages 298–299
Forms of quartal
| plural | quartals |
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Origin of quartal
From Latin quārtus + -al.
From Russian кварта́л (kvartál), from German Quartal, from Medieval Latin quārtālis.
Words formed from quartal
Questions about quartal
- What does quartal mean?
- Quartal means of base four; using only four unique digits.
- What part of speech is quartal?
- Quartal can be an adjective or a noun.
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