quadrate (English, noun)
expansion: quadrate (plural quadrates)
Senses:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The quadrate bone.
Forms:
form: quadrates
tags: plural
form: quadrat
tags: alternative
obsolete