different between quadrat vs reglet

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin quadr?tum.

Noun

quadrat (plural quadrats)

1. (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)

1. (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.

2. (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)

1. square

Adjective

quadrat (feminine quadrada, masculine plural quadrats, feminine plural quadrades)

1. square
2. 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

1. third-person singular present active indicative of quadr?

Tatar

Noun

quadrat

1. quadrat

Adjective

quadrat

1. quadratic, square

English

Etymology

From French réglet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????l?t/

Noun

reglet (plural reglets)

1. (printing) A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title pages and other open matter. [from 17th c.]
2. (architecture) A flat, narrow moulding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. [from 17th c.]
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 62:

     the cone of light pans over […] the two rag throw-rugs' ovals on the hardwood floor, black lines of baseboards' reglets […]

Anagrams

• Gretel

German

Pronunciation

Verb

reglet

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of regeln

Romanian

Etymology

From French réglet.

Noun

reglet n (plural reglete)

1. reglet

Declension