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Definition: Quadrant |
QuadrantNoun1. A quarter of the circumference of a circle. 2. Any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes. 3. The area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle. 4. A measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "quadrant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Quadrant \Quad"rant\, noun. [Latin expression quadrans, -antis, fourth part, fourth of whole, from quattuor four: compare to the French expression quadrant, cadran. See Four, and compare to Cadrans.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | See sextant. (references) |
Computing | One of the four quarters of the rectangular coordinate dimensioning system. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A trademark of the 3M Company for a microfilm card to hard copy enlarger-printer employing a "dry silver" process. This enlarger-printer produces 8-1/2 x 11 inch copy from each of four images on a 35 mm microfilm frame. It is also known as the "111" printer. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Industry | An instrument for measuring angles having a graduated quartercircle arc 99999 INTERNATIONAL DE MONACO, 1951. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mathematics | These lines divide the plane determined by them. . . into four regions. . . called the first, second, third and fourth quadrants, respectively. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Circular-arc operating lever on control surface of airship or large, slow aeroplane. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An arm arranged to swivel round the axis of the driving or driven gear of a change-gear train. It has a slot in which the stud of the intermediate gear-either simple or double-slides. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
QUADRANT | Greek | κουάντραντ | Computing, Publishing & Graphic Arts |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: QuadrantSynonyms: quarter-circle (n), right angle (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Angularity | Angular measurement, angular elevation, angular distance, angular velocity; trigonometry, goniometry; altimetry; clinometer, graphometer, goniometer; theodolite; sextant, quadrant; dichotomy. |
Circularity | Ellipse, oval, ovule; ellipsoid, cycloid; epicycloid, epicycle; semicircle; quadrant, sextant, sector. |
Quadrisection | Noun: quadrisection, quadripartition; quartering; v; fourth; quart; quarter, quartern; farthing (i.e. fourthing); quadrant. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Quadrant |
| English words defined with "quadrant": Antimeter ♦ Backstaff ♦ Gunter's quadrant, Gunter's scale ♦ Hydrometric pendulum ♦ Index glass ♦ Log-chip ♦ One-valued function, oxtant ♦ Quadrant of altitude, Quadrantal, Quadrantal triangle ♦ Reflecting circle ♦ Semiquartile, Sinical ♦ zone fire. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "quadrant": ablatio falciformis congenita retinae 2.ablatio falciformis congenita, actual torso angle ♦ BALL-TRUING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ chop feeder, congenital retinal septum, covings ♦ Entrance Region, Exit Region ♦ flatsida ♦ GUN SYNCHRONIZER ♦ Inflow Notch ♦ Left Front Quadrant ♦ medial test ♦ Right Entrance Region. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "quadrant": Cadrans. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Quadrant" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (quadrant), German (quadrant). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If you and your battlestar hadn't intruded upon this quadrant, all would still be peaceful! (Battlestar Galactica; writing credit: Souleymane Cissé) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The 5th Quadrant (2002) | |
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 | Marking off the planting site, the large square is a quadrant to establish where the plantings should go. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A quadrant for use by astronomers and meteorologists. In: Beschreibung der meteorologischen Instrumente.... by Augustin Stark, published in 1815. Library Call Number QC876 .S72 1815. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Arcuate incisions with thick flaps, centered over the lesion, are superior to radial incisions, particularly for upper quadrant lesions. (references) | |
The best definition of biliary pain is that which is relatively severe, episodic, epigastric or right upper quadrant in location, lasting 1 to 5 hours, and often waking the patient at night. (references) | ||
Economic History | Sweden | Helsingborg is also considered an active port in the southwest quadrant of Sweden. (references) |
Romania | Prominent investors include manufacturers in heavy industry and electronics - - Timken (bearings), Trinity Industries (freight cars), Solectron (computer and electronic components), Precision Castparts (gasfield exploration equipment), World Machinery Works (machine tools); engineering and design companies - - Washington Group International (engineering and design for the oil, chemical, energy, and industrial processes industries), Cambric Consulting (digital engineering), Search Corporation (road design); ICT companies -- IBM, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Harris, Lucent Technologies, Qualcomm, Microsoft, Oracle, Motorola, KPNQwest, Atomic TV, HBO; consumer goods companies -- Coca-Cola, Quadrant Amroq Beverages (Pepsi), McDonalds, Kraft Jacobs Suchard, Philip Morris, Procter and Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive; and banking and insurance companies -- Citibank, GE Capital, AIG. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Quadrant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.18% of the time. "Quadrant" is used about 132 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.18% | 123 | 28,925 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.82% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 132 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Switzerland | Quadrant Holding A.G. | United Kingdom | Quadrant Group PLC |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "quadrant": Earth quadrant ♦ Gunner's quadrant ♦ Gunter's quadrant ♦ Hadley's quadrant ♦ notched quadrant ♦ quadrant elevation ♦ quadrant of altitude ♦ toothed quadrant. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "quadrant": quadrant-shaped. | |
Ending with "quadrant": four-quadrant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "quadrant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sektor (department, division, section, sector, segment, stage, unit), lartësimatës (altimeter), kuadrant (quadrat), kitara, çerekrrethi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الربعية, أداة قياس الإرتفاع, ربع محيط الدائرة, ربع دائرة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | квадрант, лира (bow, lyre, shell), дъга (arc, bow, catenary, clapboard, curve, rainbow, stave, tug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 象限. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kvadrant, ètvrtkruh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | styresektor, saks for vekselhjul (bracket, intermediate gear bracket), rorkrans, kvadrant (quad), krydshoved (crank block, driving block, fulcrum slide, slider, sliding block, Stephenson link motion), gradbue. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schaar van Stephenson (Stephenson link motion), schaar (pincers, scissors, tongs), leidboog, kwart periode, kwadrant, juk van het roer, helmstuk, gegradueerde sector. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | یک چهارم (Quarter), چهارگوش (Quadrangle, Quadrilateral), ربع کره , ربع دایره . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vaihtopyörien haarukka (bracket, intermediate gear bracket), pyöränpidin (bracket, intermediate gear bracket), neljännes (fourth, quarter), kvadrantti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | quadrant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Quadrant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τεταρτοκύκλιο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ" 'וב" (altimeter), רביע, רבע ע'ול. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | négyzet (em, quadrat, square), négyszög (quad, quadrangle, quadrilateral, Square, tetragon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kuadran. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | quadrante (card, dial, face). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 象限 , 四分円 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しぶ"え", しょう'" (detailed explanation, evidence, testimony). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 상한의. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kerroo-chiarkyl, kerrooane stiuree. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adrantquay quadrante (four-square). (various references) sector de cârmã, cvadrant. (various references) квадрант. (various references) naprava za merenje visine zvezda, kvadrant (quarter). (various references) cuadrante (clock, dial, face), sector (neighborhood, neighbourhood, section, sector). (various references) kvadrant. (various references) หนึ่งในสี่ส่วนของวงกลม. (various references) oktant (octant), dairenin dörtte biri (quad, quarter circle), çeyrek daire (quad, quarter circle), çemberin dörtte biri. (various references) квадрант. (various references) cung phần tư. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "quadrant": quadrantal, quadrantes, quadrants. (additional references) | |
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"Quadrant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Quadagno, Quadragno, quadran, Quadrans, quadrantid, Quadring, quandrant, Quaranta, quarante, quarat, quardrant, quarrant, querent, Quirang. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "quadrant" (pronounced kwÄ"drunt) |
| 5 | -d r u n t | hydrant. |
| 4 | -r u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, adherent, apparent, arrant, celebrant, coherent, Courant, declarant, deterrent, emigrant, entrant, errant, flagrant, fragrant, grandparent, immigrant, incoherent, indifferent, inherent, migrant, parent, recalcitrant, registrant, seafront, torrent, transparent, tyrant, vagrant, vibrant, warrant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, harassment, hesitant, ignorant, immanent, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vigilant, violent, virulent, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-n-q-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: quadrat, quartan. | |
-2 letters: datura, quanta, tundra. | |
-3 letters: antra, daunt, qanat, quant, quart, ratan, ruana, tranq. | |
-4 letters: anta, aqua, aunt, aura, darn, dart, data, daut, drat, dunt, dura, durn, nada, nard, nurd, quad, rand, rant, runt, tarn, trad, tuna, turd, turn. | |
-5 letters: ana, and, ant, art, dun, nut, qat, qua, rad, ran, rat, run, rut, tad. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-n-q-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: quadrants. | |
+2 letters: quadrantal, quadrantes, quadrating. | |
+3 letters: quarantined. | |
+4 letters: quadrivalent, reacquainted. | |
+5 letters: quadrivalents. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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