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adjective
- going off in all directions at once
- 1990: She had a long look at him, and after having just spent hours with Frenesi"s face, found it easier now to make out, past the beard and smudged eyeglass lenses, as clearly as she ever would in Zoyd her own not-yet-come-to-terms-with face. " Thomas Pynchon, Vineland
- (geology) dipping away from a centre in all directions
Translations: (trans-top, going off in all directions at once)
(trans-mid)
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, geology)
(trans-mid)
(trans-bottom)
Etymology: From Latin quaqua versus "turned wheresoever".
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