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quadrate
[ adjective noun kwod-rit, -reyt; verb kwod-reyt ]
adjective
- square or rectangular.
- Zoology. of or relating to the quadrate.
- Heraldry. (of a cross) having an enlarged square at the junction of the limbs:
a cross quadrate.
noun
- a square.
- something square or rectangular.
- Zoology. one of a pair of bones in the skulls of many lower vertebrates, to which the lower jaw is articulated.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to conform or harmonize; adapt.
verb (used without object)
- to agree; conform.
quadrate
noun
- a cube, square, or a square or cubelike object
- one of a pair of bones of the upper jaw of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and birds that articulates with the lower jaw. In mammals it forms the incus
adjective
- of or relating to this bone
- square or rectangular
verb
- tr to make square or rectangular
- often foll by with to conform or cause to conform
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- sub·quadrate adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quadrate1
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Origin of quadrate1
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Example Sentences
And so is the square H quadrate made in the circle assigned, as the conclusion willeth.
The middle segment becomes in mammals the incus (one of the ear-ossicles), and in birds the quadrate.
The hyoid is at first connected with the skull, 140but afterwards frees itself and becomes slung to the "quadrate."
This movable bone unites with parts of the palate and the face, and is known as the quadrate bone.
With these conditions of the quadrate bone are associated cold blood, terrestrial life, and young developed from eggs.
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