n.
A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2.
n.
The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.
n.
The fourth part; the quarter.
n.
The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90¡, or one subtending a right angle at the center.
n.
One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant.
n.
An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90¡, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction.
a.
Of or pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourth part of a circle; as, quadrantal space.
n.
A cubical vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each side being a Roman square foot; -- used as a measure.
n.
A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines.
n.
An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows.
a.
Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
a.
Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
a.
Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
a.
Squared; suited; correspondent.
a.
A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
a.
An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90¡, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Quadrate