Quadrant

Noun

 * 1) One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
 * 2)  The four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
 * 3)  One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90&deg;.
 * 4)  A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90&deg; used in locating an altitude.

Thesaurus
adjunct, astrolabe, azimuth circle, azimuth compass, bevel, bevel protractor, bevel square, clinometer, component, contingent, crescent, cross section, detachment, detail, division, dole, fraction, goniometer, graphometer, half circle, hemicycle, installment, item, pantometer, parcel, part, particular, percentage, portion, protractor, quarter, quota, radiogoniometer, random sample, remainder, sample, sampling, section, sector, segment, semicircle, sextant, share, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, theodolite, transit, transit circle, transit instrument, transit theodolite

Etymology
From quadrantem:, accusative singular of quadrans:.

Translations

 * Catalan: quadrant
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 * French:
 * Norwegian: kvadrant
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 * Catalan: quadrant
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 * Indonesian:
 * Norwegian: kvadrant
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan: quadrant
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan: quadrant
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: kwadrant
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: kvadráns
 * Russian:

Etymology
From quadrans:.

Noun

 * 1) quadrant

Etymology
From quadrans:.