different between quadrant vs orthant
quadrant
English
Alternative forms
- quadraunt (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quadrantem, accusative singular of quadr?ns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: kw?d?r?nt, IPA(key): /?kw?d.??nt/
Noun
quadrant (plural quadrants)
- One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
- (mathematics) One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
- (geometry) One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°.
- (nautical) A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.
- (college basketball) One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule.
Translations
See also
- octant
- sextant
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin quadr?ns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kw??d?ant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kw??d?an/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kwa?d?ant/
Noun
quadrant m (plural quadrants)
- quadrant
Further reading
- “quadrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “quadrant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “quadrant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “quadrant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Latin quadr?ns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).
Noun
quadrant m (plural quadrants)
- quadrant
Further reading
- “quadrant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
quadrant
- third-person plural present active indicative of quadr?
quadrant From the web:
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orthant
English
Noun
orthant (plural orthants)
- (geometry) A n-dimensional generalization of the quadrant (in two-dimensional Cartesian space) and octant (in three-dimensional space).
- 1992, Hal R. Varian, Microeconomic Analysis (3rd ed.), Norton, p. 114
- Consider preferences defined over the nonnegative orthant by if […]
- 1992, Hal R. Varian, Microeconomic Analysis (3rd ed.), Norton, p. 114
Synonyms
- hyperoctant
orthant From the web:
- what does an orthant mean
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