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Quaquaversal

Quaquaversal \Qua`qua*ver"sal\, a. [L. quaqua wheresoever, whithersoever + versus, p. p. of vertere to turn.]

  1. Turning or dipping in any or every direction.

  2. (Geol.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater.

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quaquaversal

a. 1 going off in all directions at once towards a center 2 (context astronomy English) dipping towards a centre in all directions