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quadrature

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹəˌtjʊə(ɹ)/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹə.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/
  • General-American, dialectal: /ˈkwɑ.dɹəˌt͡ʃʊɚ/ of Canada
  • General-American, dialectal: /ˈkwɑ.dɹə.t͡ʃɚ/ of Canada
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˈkwɒd.ɹəˌt͡ʃʊɚ/ of the US
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˈkwɒd.ɹə.t͡ʃɚ/ of the US

1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of making something square; squaring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • 1976, D. T. Whiteside (editor), The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton, Volume 7: 1691-1695, Cambridge University Press, page 3, Craige was then on the point of publishing a short tract wherein he expounded a systematic (if far from general) 'Method of determining the quadrature of figures comprehended by straight lines and curves', there gathering a variety of techniques of rational algebraic quadrature and arc-rectification [...] .

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The calculation of a definite integral by numerical means.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: numerical analysis

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • 1992, Bernard Bielecki, SINC Quadratures for Cauchy Principal Value Integrals, T.O. Espelid, Alan Genz, Springer, Numerical Integration: Recent Developments, Software and Applications, page 81, Three types of SINC quadratures are surveyed for the evaluation of Cauchy principal value integrals ∫_ΓF(t)dt/(t-x), x∈Γ, where Γ is an arc in the complex plane. Under suitable assumptions on F, the quadrature errors are of order O(e), where N is the number of quadrature nodes and c is a constant independent of N.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The act or process of solving an indefinite integral by symbolic means.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematical-analysis, mathematics, sciences

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A situation in which the directions of two celestial bodies (or a celestial body and the Sun) form a right angle from the perspective of the observer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Examples

  • When the Moon is in quadrature, it appears in the sky as a half-moon.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

The condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A painting painted on a wooden panel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: art, arts

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8

noun

Meaning 8

the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: construction

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwetwṓr Proto-Italic *kwettwōr Latin quattuor ▲ Latin quadrōbf.? Latin quadrus Latin quadrō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin quadrātūrabor. English quadrature Borrowed from Latin quadrātūra.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: kvadrering — squaring
  • Georgian: კვადრატურა (ḳvadraṭura) — squaring
  • German: Quadrieren — squaring
  • Greek: τετραγωνισμός (tetragonismós) — squaring
  • Spanish: cuadratura — squaring
  • Danish: kvadratur — mathematics
  • French: quadrature — mathematics
  • Georgian: კვადრატურა (ḳvadraṭura) — mathematics
  • German: Quadratur — mathematics
  • Greek: τετραγωνισμός (tetragonismós) — mathematics
  • Romanian: cvadratură — mathematics
  • Russian: квадрату́ра (kvadratúra) — mathematics
  • Spanish: cuadratura — mathematics
  • Danish: kvadratur — astronomy
  • French: quadrature — astronomy
  • Georgian: კვადრატურა (ḳvadraṭura) — astronomy
  • German: Quadratur — astronomy
  • Japanese: 矩 (ku) — astronomy
  • Japanese: 西矩 (seiku) — astronomy
  • Japanese: 西方矩 (seihōku) — astronomy
  • Japanese: 下矩 (kaku) — astronomy
  • Romanian: cvadratură — astronomy
  • Sanskrit: तरवी (taravī) — astronomy
  • Spanish: cuadratura — astronomy
  • Korean: 직교 (jikgyo) — physics: condition in which the phase angle is 90 degrees
Real reading context

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