quadratedadj.
/kwɒˈdreɪtᵻd/, /kwəˈdreɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈkwɑdˌreɪdᵻd/ 1. That is shaped like or made into a square or quadrangle; squared; characterized by squares. Also: approximately square, squarish.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > quadrilateral > square or rectangular > square > made square
squareda1382
quareda1400
quadrated1578
square-cut1622
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man viii. f. 108v A nerue..is at length implanted to the quadrated or foure squared Muscle.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. iv. 32 As this is only with one Round in the midle of the Bend, so you shall have them Nowy-Losengy, and Nowy-Quadrated.
1721 tr. D. Le Clerc Nat. & Medicinal Hist. Worms vii. 112 The whole Body of the Tænia appears to all Beholders nick'd with transverse Lines... From thence proceed the Interstices of a quadrated Form.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Printing Little quadrated pieces of Metal, call'd Quotations.
1789 W. Radcliffe tr. K. I. Hablitz Nat. Hist. E. Tartary i. 39 The mountain of the Cape is covered on all sides with large vertical blocks; but on its tops there are large quadrated horizontal pieces.
1842 Z. Thompson Hist. Vermont i. 31/1 A small fish, with a row of quadrated black spots, about seven in number, along the dorsal ridge, occupying about one-half of the space.
1903 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 9 Dec. 6/3 Mr Butler says that the churches of the north are built of large quadrated blocks perfectly cut and laid dry.
1938 E. B. Smith Egyptian Archit. as Cultural Expression xi. 251 The Old Kingdom builders practised a magnificent quadrated masonry for their sepulchral monuments.
2006 Building Design (Nexis) 10 Feb. 12 Churchill's [sc. Churchill College, Cambridge] quadrated plan configuration is here reiterated in much condensed form.
2. Quartered; divided into four sections; characterized by division into four squares or sections.In quot. 1938: characterized by division into squares forming a grid.
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the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [adjective] > quadrature
quadrantal1665
quartile1769
quadrated1810
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [adjective] > quartered
quartled1480
quartered1486
quadrated1810
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > divided in two > quartered
quartled1480
quartered1486
per or in cross1562
escarteled1727
quadrated1810
1810 E. Moor Hindu Pantheon 249 The quadrated lozenge, on the breast and in the palm of this image, is also unaccounted for, and singular.
a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 540/2 Chinese-balance, a form of the steelyard having four points of suspension, and as many quadrated sides to the weight-arm of the lever.
1938 E. B. Smith Egyptian Archit. as Cultural Expression x. 233 This quadrated method of copying paintings, sculpture, and architecture shows the meticulous emphasis which was placed upon duplication..in so much Egyptian art.
1958 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 22 Feb. 5/6 A. P. Grant, secretary-treasurer of the Macleod School Division, illustrated the percentages of receipts and expenditures with quadrated circles.
1997 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 26 476 The widespread appearance of quadrated symbolism on pottery, in domestic housing, and in..the most private sacred spaces.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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