Quadrate

Quick meaning: Quadrate is an adjective meaning Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.

Meaning

Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.

More Meanings

1. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
2. (astrology) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile.
3. (anatomy) The quadrate bone.
4. (geometry) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
5. (archaic) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
6. (archaic) Squared; suited; correspondent.
7. (archaic, transitive) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.

Example Sentences

quadrating the circle

a quadrat, solid, wise man

a generical description quadrate to both

Figures, some round, some triangle, some quadrate.

Word Forms

• quadrat
• quadrates
• quadrating
• quadrated

Synonyms for quadrate

Depending on context, synonyms include square.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include square, articulates, foursquare, quadrilateral, quadrangular, quadradic.

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