English Explanatory Dictionary

quadrate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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.
noun
  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
  1. To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.
  2. To train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
  3. To square.
  4. To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with).

Pronunciation

/ˈkwɒd.ɹət/ /ˈkwɒdˌɹeɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quadrate1.wav /ˈkwɑd.ɹət/ /ˈkwɑdˌɹeɪt/ /kwɒdˈɹeɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quadrate2.wav /kwɑdˈɹeɪt/

Word forms

quadrate more quadrate most quadrate quadrat quadrates quadrating quadrated

Etymology

From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātus (“square”), past participle of quadrō (“to make four-cornered, square, put in order, intransitive be square”), from quadra (“a square”), later quadrus (“square”), from quattuor (“four”).

Synonyms

square

Related words

quadratic quadration quadrature

Derived words

cranioquadrate paraquadrate postquadrate prequadrate pterygoquadrate quadrateness subquadrate biquadrate palatopterygoquadrate palatoquadrate semiquadrate sesquiquadrate
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