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Meaning of quadrate

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

quadrate

Pronunciation:/ˈkwɒdɹeɪt//kwɒdˈɹeɪt/

noun

Definitions

  1. A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.

  2. An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile.

  3. The quadrate bone.

verb

Definitions

  1. To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.

  2. To train (a gun) for horizontal firing.

  3. To square.

    Example: quadrating the circle

  4. To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with).

    Example: not quadrating with American ideas of right, justice and reason

adjective

Definitions

  1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.

  2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.

  3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.

  4. Squared; suited; correspondent.