Meanings
comparative more quaquaversal · superlative most quaquaversal
- Going off in all directions from the center.
It is a brilliantly managed scene, quaquaversal in its geometries, simultaneously expanding present space and deepening past time.
2015, Robert Macfarlane, Landmarks1 more example
She had a long look at him, and after having just spent hours with Frenesi’s face, found it easier now to make out, past the quaquaversal beard and smudged eyeglass lenses, as clearly as she ever would in Zoyd her own not-yet-come-to-terms-with face.
1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland - astronomyDipping towards a center in all directions.
Origin
- Latinquaqua versus“turned wheresoever”
- Englishquaquaversal
From Latin quaqua versus (“turned wheresoever”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian periclinale
- periclinalegoing off in all directions at once towards a center
Japanese 全天の, あらゆる方向に伸びた
- 全天の (zenten no)going off in all directions at once towards a center
- あらゆる方向に伸びた (arayuru hōkō ni nobita)going off in all directions at once towards a center
- ドーム状の (dōmu-jō no)astronomy: dipping towards a center in all directions
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