English Dictionary

quad

IPA（発音記号）

/kwɑd/

名詞

俗語

(letterpress typography) A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type. / (printing slang) A joke used to fill long days of setting type.

日本語の意味

印刷において、短い行の隙間を埋めるために使用される、空白の金属製ブロック。 / 印刷業界の俗語として、長時間の組版作業中に交わされる冗談、またはそのための一息。

The compositor reached for a quad to fill the short line at the end of the paragraph.

活版印刷の組版工は段落の末尾の短い行を埋めるために空白の金属ブロックを手に取った。

意味（1）

(letterpress typography) A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.

“Quadrats, sir. We call 'em quads.” . . . Quads are the spaces left between the paragraphs that come white on the paper. If you look here, at this page that is set-up, you will see that they are deeper than the spaces left between the words and letters—regular little trenches.

意味（2）

(printing slang) A joke used to fill long days of setting type.

意味（3）

(typography, phototypesetting and digital typesetting) A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as quad left, quad right, or quad centre.

quads （ plural ）