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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?
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quadrat
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin quadr?tum.
Noun
quadrat (plural quadrats)
- (sciences) An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.
Derived terms
- photoquadrat
- subquadrat
Etymology 2
1683. Probably from French cadrat or Italian quadrato (“square”), originally from Latin quadr?tum (“square”). So called because the basic quadrat, the em quadrat, has a square face, having the same width as the height of a line of type.
Noun
quadrat (plural quadrats)
- (letterpress typography, obsolete) A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type.
- 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the art of Printing., v 2, p 222–23:
- If his Title be ?hort, he Sets it in the middle of the Line, by Setting Quadrats on both ?ides: If his Title be long, he Sets the middle Line in the middle: If it make three or more Lines, he Indents the fir?t with an m Quadrat, and the other with two m Quadrats.
- 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the art of Printing., v 2, p 222–23:
- (Egyptology) A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged.
Synonyms
- quad
- space
Derived terms
- quad
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin quadr?tus, possibly a borrowing. Cf. caire, quadre.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /kw??d?at/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kwa?d?at/
Noun
quadrat m (plural quadrats)
- square
Adjective
quadrat (feminine quadrada, masculine plural quadrats, feminine plural quadrades)
- square
- squared
Related terms
- quadrar
- quadre
- caire
- cairar
Further reading
- “quadrat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “quadrat” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “quadrat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “quadrat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Verb
quadrat
- third-person singular present active indicative of quadr?
Tatar
Noun
quadrat
- quadrat
Adjective
quadrat
- quadratic, square
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