Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quartet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quartet \Quar*tet"\, Quartette \Quar*tette"\, n. [It. quartetto,
dim. of quarto the fourth, a fourth part, fr. L. quartus the
fourth. See {Quart}.]
1. (Mus.)
(a) A composition in four parts, each performed by a
single voice or instrument.
(b) The set of four person who perform a piece of music in
four parts.
2. (Poet.) A stanza of four lines.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quartet
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn: {four},
{4}, {IV}, {tetrad}, {quatern}, {quaternion}, {quaternary},
{quaternity}, {quadruplet}, {foursome}, {Little Joe}]
2: four performers or singers who perform together [syn: {quartette}]
3: a set of four similar things considered as a unit [syn: {quartette},
{quadruplet}]
4: four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop
quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m." [syn: {quartette},
{foursome}]
5: a musical composition for four performers [syn: {quartette}]
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