I. |kwākwə|vərsəl adjective
Etymology: Latin quaqua versus turned in every direction (from quaqua wherever, in whatever direction, in every direction — from abl. feminine of quisquis whoever, every, reduplication of quis who — + versus, past participle of vertere to turn) + English -al — more at who , worth
: dipping from a center toward all points of the compass
a quaquaversal domal structure
— used especially of geological formations; opposed to centroclinal ; contrasted with partiversal ; compare dome 7a
• qua·qua·ver·sal·ly -səlē adverb
II. noun
( -s )
: a quaquaversal dome, ridge, or structure