quartalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

quartal (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Of base four; using only four unique digits.
2. (music_of harmony) Having a distinct preference for intervals of fourths

派生語

語源 2

From Russian кварта́л (kvartál), from German Quartal, from Medieval Latin quārtālis.

名詞

quartal (plural quartals)

1. (rare) A section or block of a city in Russia.
   • 1800, W[illiam] Tooke, “Sketch of Mosco”, in History of Russia, from the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rurik, to the Accession of Catharine the Second, volume II, London: […] A. Strahan, […], for T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], pages 367–368:

     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 diviſions are again divided into ſeveral quartals.

   • 1827, George Matthew Jones, Travels in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia and Turkey; Also on the Coasts of the Sea of Azof and of the Black Sea: […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], pages 298–299:

     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 smallest, but it is that in which luxury and wealth have established their headquarters.

   • 1885, Henry Lansdell, “Sundries Concerning Bokhara”, in Russian Central Asia: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv, volume II, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, […], page 145:

     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.

   • 1932, “Russian planning norms”, in City Planning: Official Organ of the American City Planning Institute, the National Conference on City Planning, volume 8/9, page 169:

     Design large blocks (quartals) for social service and education units of population, but make them not more than five hundred meters on each side. […] Provide playfields within quartals in the ratio of not less than two and one-half square square meters per person living in the quartal.

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