Quadrate

[Quad·rate]

To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.

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Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.

Noun
a square-shaped object

Noun
a cubelike object

Adjective S.
having four sides and four angles

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.

a.
The quadrate bone.

a.
To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with.

v. t.
To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.

Quadrate

Quad"rate , a. [L. quadratus squared, p. p. of quadrare to make four-cornered, to make square, to square, to fit, suit, from quadrus square, quattuor four. See Quadrant, and cf. Quadrat, Quarry an arrow, Square.] 1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.

Figures, some round, some triangle, some quadrate.

2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. " Quadrate and cubical numbers." Sir T. Browne. 3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. [Archaic] " A quadrate, solid, wise man." Howell. 4. Squared; suited; correspondent. [Archaic] " A generical description quadrate to both." Harvey. Quadrate bone (Anat.), a bone between the base of the lower jaw and the skull in most vertebrates below the mammals. In reptiles and birds it articulates the lower jaw with the skull; in mammals it is represented by the malleus or incus.

Quadrate

Quad"rate , n. [L. quadratum. See Quadrate, a.]1. (Geom.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square. At which command, the powers militant That stood for heaven, in mighty quadrate joined. 2. (Astrol.) 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. 3. (Anat.) The quadrate bone. Quadrate Quad"rate , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quadrated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Quadrating.] [See Quadrate, a.] To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with. [Archaic] The objections of these speculatists of its forms do not quadrate with their theories. Quadrate Quad"rate, v. t. To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square. A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square. To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with. To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.

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