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Quadrate

Quadrate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Quadrate?
[n] a square-shaped object
[n] a cubelike object [adj] having four sides and four angles Synonyms | Synonyms for Quadrate: square Related Terms | Find terms related to Quadrate: See Also | cube | foursquare | regular hexahedron | square Quadrate In Webster's Dictionary \Quad"rate\, a. [L. quadratus squared, p. p. of
quadrare to make four-cornered, to make square, to square, to
fit, suit, from quadrus square, quattuor four. See
{Quadrant}, and cf. {Quadrat}, {Quarry} an arrow, {Square}.]
1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and
four right angles; square.
Figures, some round, some triangle, some quadrate.
--Foxe.
2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. ``
Quadrate and cubical numbers.'' --Sir T. Browne.
3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. [Archaic] `` A
quadrate, solid, wise man.'' --Howell.
4. Squared; suited; correspondent. [Archaic] `` A generical
description quadrate to both.'' --Harvey.
{Quadrate bone} (Anat.), a bone between the base of the lower
jaw and the skull in most vertebrates below the mammals.
In reptiles and birds it articulates the lower jaw with
the skull; in mammals it is represented by the malleus or
incus.
\Quad"rate\, n. [L. quadratum. See {Quadrate}, a.] 1. (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. --Milton. 2. (Astrol.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90[deg], or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the {Note} under {Aspect}, 6. 3. (Anat.) The quadrate bone. \Quad"rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quadrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quadrating}.] [See {Quadrate}, a.] To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with. [Archaic] The objections of these speculatists of its forms do not quadrate with their theories. --Burke. \Quad"rate\, v. t. To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing. |
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