quadrate

== English == === Alternative forms === quadrat (obsolete) === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒd.ɹət/, /ˈkwɒdˌɹeɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkwɑd.ɹət/, /ˈkwɑdˌɹeɪt/ ==== Adjective ==== quadrate (comparative more quadrate, superlative most quadrate) Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. 1646-72, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, book 4, ch. 12: The number of Ten hath been as highly extolled, as containing even, odd, long, plain, quadrate and cubical numbers. (archaic) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. (archaic) Squared; suited; correspondent. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrat; compare also quadrant (“square or quadrangle”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒd.ɹət/, /ˈkwɒdˌɹeɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkwɑd.ɹət/, /ˈkwɑdˌɹeɪt/ ==== Noun ==== quadrate (plural quadrates) (geometry) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square. (astrology) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. Synonym: square (anatomy) The quadrate bone. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From Latin quadrātus, past participle of quadrō. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /kwɒdˈɹeɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /kwɑdˈɹeɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt ==== Verb ==== quadrate (third-person singular simple present quadrates, present participle quadrating, simple past and past participle quadrated) (archaic, transitive) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage. (archaic, transitive) To train (a gun) for horizontal firing. (archaic, ambitransitive) To square. quadrating the circle (archaic, transitive) To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with). not quadrating with American ideas of right, justice and reason ===== Derived terms ===== === References === === Further reading === “quadrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “quadrate”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “quadrate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === arquated == Interlingua == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwaˈdra.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: qua‧dra‧te === Participle === quadrate past participle of quadrar === Adjective === quadrate (comparative plus quadrate, superlative le plus quadrate) square Coordinate term: cubic centimetro quadrate ― square centimeter decimetro quadrate ― square decimeter kilometro quadrate ― square kilometer metro quadrate ― square meter millimetro quadrate ― square millimeter un pede quadrate ― a square foot un quadrate pecia de drappo ― a square piece of cloth radice quadrate ― square root ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwaˈdra.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: qua‧drà‧te === Adjective === quadrate feminine plural of quadrato == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From quadrātus + -ē. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷaˈdraː.teː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷaˈdraː.te] Hyphenation: qua‧drā‧tē ==== Adverb ==== quadrātē (not comparable) fourfold (four times) ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʷaˈdraː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kʷaˈdraː.te] Hyphenation: qua‧drā‧te ==== Participle ==== quadrāte vocative masculine singular of quadrātus ==== Noun ==== quadrāte vocative singular of quadrātus === Further reading === “quā̆drātē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “quădrātē”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1286, column 3. Latino-Sinicum [ = 四方 (sìfāng), 方然], in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011