Eyelid Retraction. The normal resting position of the upper lid is 2 mm below the junction of the superior cornea with the sclera, and that of the lower lid is at the junction of the inferior cornea with the sclera (Figure 1) .
Definition of quarter. 1  1 : one of four equal parts into which something is divisible : a fourth part in the top quarter of his class. 2  2 : any of various units of capacity or weight equal to or derived from one fourth of some larger unit. 3  3 : any of various units of length or area equal to one fourth of some larger unit.
Quarter horse, bred strong for racing on quarter-mile tracks, first recorded 1834. The coin (one fourth of a dollar) is peculiar to U.S., first recorded 1783. But quarter could mean a farthing in Middle English (late 14c.), and cf. British quadrant a farthing (c.1600), and classical Latin quadrans, the name of a coin worth a quarter of an as (the basic unit of Roman currency).