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quad⋅rant

  [kwod-ruhnt]
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–noun
1. a quarter of a circle; an arc of 90°.
2. the area included between such an arc and two radii drawn one to each extremity.
3. something shaped like a quarter of a circle, as a part of a machine.
4. Geometry, Astronomy. one of the four parts into which a plane, as the face of a heavenly body, is divided by two perpendicular lines, numbered counterclockwise from upper right: the first quadrant of the moon.
5. an instrument, usually containing a graduated arc of 90°, used in astronomy, navigation, etc., for measuring altitudes.
6. Astrology. one of the four quarters of the horoscope: determined by the ascendant, nadir, descendant, and midheaven and numbered counterclockwise from the ascendant.
7. Furniture. one of two metal sliding pieces, of quadrant form, used to support the fall front of a desk from above.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L quadrant- (s. of quadrāns) fourth part

Related forms:
quad⋅ran⋅tal  [kwo-dran-tl] , adjective
quad⋅rant⋅like, adjective
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Word Origin & History

quadrant 
1398, "a quarter of a day, six hours," from L. quadrantem (nom. quadrans) "fourth part," prop. prp. of quadrare "to make square," from quadrus "a square," from quattuor "four" (see quart). Sense of "measuring instrument" is first recorded c.1400, so called because it forms a quarter circle.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: quad·rant
Pronunciation: 'kwäd-r&nt
Function: noun
1 : an arc of 90° that is one quarter of a circle
2 : any of the four more or less equivalent segments into which an anatomic structure may be divided by vertical and horizontal partitioning through its midpoint quadrant of the abdomen> quadrant of the retina>
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Medical Dictionary

quadrant quad·rant (kwŏd'rənt)
n.

  1. A circular arc of 90 degrees; one fourth of the circumference of a circle.

  2. A quarter portion of any roughly circular anatomical area such as the abdomen, measuring along imaginary axes at right angles to each other.

quad·ran'tic (kwŏ-drān'tĭk) adj.

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Science Dictionary
quadrant   (kwŏd'rənt)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. An arc equal to one quarter of the circumference of a circle; an arc of 90°.

  2. Any of the four regions into which a plane is divided by the axes of a Cartesian coordinate system. The quadrants are numbered counterclockwise one through four, beginning with the quadrant in which both the x- and y-coordinates are positive (usually the upper right quadrant).

  3. A navigational instrument similar to a sextant but with an arc of 90° rather than 60°. See more at sextant.


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