Quad as a word or prefix usually means 4. 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
  • I2U2 Group, a strategic partnership between the United States, India, Israel, and United Arab Emirates; also known as the "Middle East Quad"
  • 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 working in Germany
  • Quad (film), 2020
  • 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 (studio), a Japanese animation studio

Business

  • Quad (company), an American marketing solutions company
  • Quad Electroacoustics, a British manufacturer of audio equipment

Medicine and anatomy

  • Quadriplegic, a person paralyzed in all four limbs
  • Quadriceps, 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<!--Technically any 4-year period is a quadrennium, but the term is particularly used in sports-->

Transportation

  • Quad bike or all-terrain vehicle, a light off-road vehicle
  • 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

  • QUAD (cipher), a stream cipher
  • QUaD, a microwave telescope at the South Pole
  • Quad antenna, a directional antenna
  • Quadraphonic sound, four-channel sound
  • Quadruplex videotape, video tape format
  • Quad flat package, a type of package for surface mounted integrated circuits
  • Star quad cable, four insulated conductors twisted together

Other uses

  • Quad (unit), unit of energy, short for quadrillion, 10<sup>15</sup> BTU
  • Quad (geography), a United States Geological Survey topographical map
  • Quad (typography), a spacer used in letterpress type
  • Quad poster, a common UK size of film poster
  • Quadrangle (architecture), a space or courtyard bordered by buildings
  • Quadrat, in ecology, a small study area or a frame used to define it
  • Quadrilateral, in geometry
  • Quadrupel, a Belgian beer
  • Quadruple combination, the four books that comprise the canon of the LDS church
  • The Quad Casino (now The Linq), on the Las Vegas Strip
  • Four-of-a-kind in poker
  • Sako Quad, a Finnish bolt-action rifle
  • Morris C8, a WWII era artillery tractor

See also

  • Quadrangle (disambiguation)