quadrat /kwodˈrət/ noun- A piece of type metal less high than the letters, used in spacing between words and filling out blank lines (commonly called a quad; printing)
- A small area (usu one square metre) of ground marked off for the detailed investigation of animal and plant life (ecology)
ORIGIN: L quadrātus, pap of quadrāre to square, from quattuor four quadˈrate /-rāt or -rit/ adjective - Square
- Rectangular
- Squarish
- Squared
- Square, as a power or root (obsolete mathematics)
- Complete (obsolete)
- Corresponding, consistent (obsolete)
noun- A square or quadrate figure or object
- The quadrate bone, suspending the lower jaw in vertebrates other than mammals
- Quartile (obsolete astronomy)
transitive verb and intransitive verb- To square
- To make consistent
quadratic /-ratˈik/ adjective - Of or like a quadrate
- Involving the square but no higher power, as a quadratic equation (mathematics)
- Tetragonal (crystallography)
noun- A quadratic equation
- (in pl) the branch of algebra dealing with quadratic equations
quadratˈical adjective quadrāˈtrix noun A curve by which a curved figure (such as a circle) may be squared quadˈrature /-rə-chər/ noun - Squareness (obsolete)
- The finding of a square with an area equal to a given figure (mathematics)
- An angular distance of 90º
- The position of a heavenly body at such an angular distance from another body, or the time of its being there
- A phase angle of 90º within a cycle (electronics)
- A square space (Milton)
quadrāˈtus noun (anatomy) The name of several flat rectangular muscles B quadrāˈtum Quadrate B (see under B) quadrature of the circle see under square |