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noun
An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: sciences
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noun
A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: letterpress-typography, media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: quad, space
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noun
A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Egyptology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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verb
To place a quadrat, or divide into quadrats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Borrowed from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrate and of etymology 2 below.
Attested since 1683. Possibly from French cadrat or Italian quadrato (“square”), from Latin quadrātum (“square”). Doublet of quadrate and of etymology 1 above. 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.
Across languages
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