Definition of Quadrennial

1. a. Comprising four years; as, a quadrennial period.

Definition of Quadrennial

1. Adjective. Happening every four years. ¹

2. Adjective. Lasting for four years. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quadrennial

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadrennial

quadrature
quadrature amplitude modulation
quadrature of the circle
quadratures
quadratus
quadratus femoris muscle
quadratus lumborum
quadratus muscle
quadratus plantae
quadraunt
quadrel
quadrella
quadrellas
quadrels
quadrennia
quadrennial (current term)
quadrennially
quadrennials
quadrennium
quadrenniums
quadri-
quadriad
quadriads
quadribasic
quadrible
quadric
quadric surface
quadricapsular
quadricellular
quadricentennial

Literary usage of Quadrennial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Structuring the Active & Reserve Army for the 21st Century by Frances M. Lussier (1999)
"Thus, subsequent discussions of the Army's plan in this chapter exclude the personnel cuts recommended by the quadrennial Defense Review. ..."

2. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, from the Earliest Times Until the by Simon Dubnow (1916)
"THE PERIOD or THE quadrennial DIET (1788-1791) The first year of the French ... In Warsaw the new reform Diet, styled the quadrennial, or the Great, ..."

3. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, from the Earliest Times Until the by Simon Dubnow (1916)
"THE PERIOD OF THE quadrennial DIET (1788-1791) The first year of the French Revolution coincided with the first year of Polish reform. ..."

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"Bib World 49:67-78 F '17 Third quadrennial meeting, 1916, St Louis. Outlook 114:847 D 20 '16 What the Federal council of the churches of Christ in America ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1865)
"I found the custom of giving powerful doses of opiates after the operation, on the decline in the last half of the quadrennial period ; and my conclusion on ..."

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