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noun

Quadrate n.

(Geom.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square. "At which command, the powers militant That stood for heaven, in mighty quadrate joined."

(Astrol.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6.

(Anat.) The quadrate bone.

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Etymology of 'Quadrate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Quadrate" Quotes from Famous Books

... such a variety of imaginations, which each contemplates diversely, upon which the natural self-love of each disputant induces him to reject with vehement indignation every thing that does not fall in with his own peculiar mode of thinking—that does not quadrate either with his superstition or his ignorance, or ...

— The System of Nature, Vol. 2 • Baron D'Holbach

... curve in the front wall of the ruin at that point, the shape of room f is roughly quadrate, with banquettes on two sides. There are six large beam holes in the walls, and the position of the first floor is well shown on the face of the partition, separating f from g. The passageway from one of these rooms to the other ...

— Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 • Jesse Walter Fewkes

Words linked to "Quadrate" : foursquare, regular hexahedron