quartal
Of base four; using only four unique digits.
Adjective
- Of base four; using only four unique digits.
- Having a distinct preference for intervals of fourths.
Origin
From Latin quārtus + -al.
Derived
Noun
- 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...
- 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...
- Thus in the Ishan’s yard, not far from the Russian Company’s office, in the quartal of Bokhara called Juibar, may be seen a number of these patients chained, or rather picketed, to posts like horses. - 1885, Henry...
Origin
From Russian кварта́л (kvartál), from German Quartal, from Medieval Latin quārtālis.