quadrant

CEFRC1

/ˈkwɒd.ɹənt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    One of four equal parts of a circle or area.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°.

Examples

  • The liver is in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen.

  • I gave Tom a quadrant.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.

  2. One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.

  3. A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.

More examples

In context

  • Ops wanted some initiative, blew up their entire quadrant. I'm movin' like Oppenheimer.

  • There is an outcourt or quadrant, whereof one side is a gallery to walk in, being in length six hundred feet.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The coordinate plane has four sections, and the point with negative x and positive y lies in the second blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English quadrant, from Old French cadran, quadrant and its etymon Latin quadrāns, -antis (“fourth part of something, quarter”). Doublet of quadrans.