Wiktionary
a. 1 (context mathematics English) Of base four; using only four unique digits. 2 (context music of harmony English) Having a distinct preference for intervals of fourths.
Wikipedia
Quartal may refer to:
- Quartal harmony, music featuring chords built from fourths
- Quaternary numeral system, a system for representing numbers based on powers of four
Usage examples of "quartal".
Medicine knowledge of physical derangements which affect spiritual health and from the quartal of Esthetics appreciation of the beauty of the human spirit.
Ornate tile topped with the Shield of Quartal climbed a third of the way up its inner walls and ambled through the arched alcoves that flanked its domed atrium.
In the Composition, Music encompasses the four quartals of Canon Law, Mathematics, Esthetics, and Medicine, and their connecting disciplines, the conjuncts of Ethics, Science, Communication, and Spirit.
They were about to leave the quartals of civilization for the mezzo and adventure.
There he had worn his student artisan quartals with pride, and he never forgot that they set him apart from the others.
As for the other two quartals, he had shone in Esthetics and dimmed in Mathematics, but where the two overlapped at the conjunct of Communication, he felt comfortable enough.
His quartals and the Polytext stripe he was so proud of were covered with drying sea floss, and his beautiful blue sleeves were bloodstained rags.