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noun
The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: education
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Synonyms: quadrium
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
History
From Medieval Latin quadrivium (“the four mathematical studies”), from Latin quattuor (“four”) + via (“road”).
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
