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noun
One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: college basketball
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noun
A square or quadrangle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
noun
the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: area, country
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any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: area, country
noun
a quarter of the circumference of a circle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: quarter-circle
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Broader terms: line
History
Inherited from Middle English quadrant, from Old French cadran, quadrant and its etymon Latin quadrāns, -antis (“fourth part of something, quarter”). Doublet of quadrans.
Inherited from Middle English quadrant, quadrante, from Latin quadrātum; form influenced by Etymology 1. Doublet of quadrat and quadrate.
Across languages
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
