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quadrivium

/kwo-driv-ee-uhm/US // kwɒˈdrɪv i əm //UK // (kwɒˈdrɪvɪəm) //

四分法,四维空间,四分体,四合院

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural quad·riv·i·a [kwo-driv-ee-uh]. /kwɒˈdrɪv i ə/.

    • : the more advanced division of the seven liberal arts, comprising arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music.

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Examples

  • These subjects were the Trivium, and the more advanced Quadrivium.

  • After completing the trivium, those who wished for higher culture studied the quadrivium.

  • Among the old Romans, a trivium meant a place where three ways met, and a quadrivium where four, or what we now call a cross-road.

  • Likewise arithmetic and the rest of the quadrivium have place in the clerics education.

  • Passing to the Quadrivium, we find that Fulbert had studied its four branches under Gerbert.

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