quadrant

== English == === Alternative forms === quadraunt (obsolete) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kwŏdʹrənt, IPA(key): /ˈkwɒd.ɹənt/ (General American, dialects of Canada) enPR: kwŏʹdrənt, IPA(key): /ˈkwɑ.dɹənt/ (Canada, dialects of the US) enPR: kwŏdʹrənt, IPA(key): /ˈkwɒd.ɹənt/ (Australian) enPR: kwŏdʹrənt, IPA(key): /ˈkwɔd.ɹənt/ (New Zealand) enPR: kwŏdʹrənt, IPA(key): /ˈkwɒd.ɹənt/, [ˈkwɔ̟d.ɹənt] === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English quadrant, from Old French cadran, quadrant and its etymon Latin quadrāns, -antis (“fourth part of something, quarter”). Doublet of quadrans. ==== Noun ==== quadrant (plural quadrants) One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines. (mathematics) One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis. (geometry) One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°. (nautical) A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude. (college basketball) One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule. ==== Hypernyms ==== orthant ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== octant sextant === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle English quadrant, quadrante, from Latin quadrātum; form influenced by Etymology 1. Doublet of quadrat and quadrate. ==== Noun ==== quadrant (plural quadrants) (obsolete) A square or quadrangle. === References === == Catalan == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin quadrantem (“fourth part of something, quarter”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [kwəˈðɾan] IPA(key): (Balearic) [kwəˈðɾant] IPA(key): (Valencia) [kwaˈðɾant] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [kwaˈðɾan] ==== Noun ==== quadrant m (plural quadrants) quadrant ==== Further reading ==== “quadrant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “quadrant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “quadrant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “quadrant”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== quadrant gerund of quadrar == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin quadrantem (“fourth part of something, quarter”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.dʁɑ̃/ === Noun === quadrant m (plural quadrants) quadrant === Further reading === “quadrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === quadrant third-person plural present active indicative of quadrō