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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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quadrangle
English
Etymology
From Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: kw?d?r?ng'gl, IPA(key): /?kw?d??æ?.??l/
Noun
quadrangle (plural quadrangles)
- (geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
- A courtyard which is quadrangular.
- 1959, John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 7,
- I looked up from my desk and saw that suddenly there were big flakes twirling down into the quadrangle, settling on the carefully pruned shrubbery bordering the crosswalks, the three elms still holding many of their leaves, the still-green lawns.
- 1959, John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 7,
- The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
- 1959, John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 13,
- The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School.
- 1959, John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 13,
Synonyms
- (geometry): quadrilateral, 4-gon, tetragon; see also Thesaurus:quadrilateral
Hyponyms
- (geometry): rectangle, square, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid
Translations
French
Pronunciation
Noun
quadrangle f (plural quadrangles)
- (geometry) quadrangle
Derived terms
- quadrangulaire
Old French
Etymology
Late Latin quadrangulum.
Noun
quadrangle m (oblique plural quadrangles, nominative singular quadrangles, nominative plural quadrangle)
- quadrangle (four-sided polygon)
Adjective
quadrangle m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quadrangle)
- quadrangular (of a polygon, having four sides and four angles)
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