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quadrant
noun
1 quadrant
A quarter of the circumference of a circle.
synonym: quarter-circle.
Roget 97:
quadrisection,
quadripartition†;
quartering
etc.
v.;
fourth;
quart;
quarter,
quartern†;
farthing†,
fourthing;
quadrant.
Roget 244:
angularity,
angularness†;
aduncity†;
angle,
cusp,
bend;
fold
etc.
258;
notch
etc.
257;
fork,
bifurcation.
elbow,
knee,
knuckle,
ankle,
groin,
crotch,
crutch,
crane,
fluke,
scythe,
sickle,
zigzag,
kimbo†,
akimbo.
corner,
nook,
recess,
niche,
oriel [Arch.],
coign†.
right angle
etc.
(perpendicular)
216.1,
212;
obliquity
etc.
217;
angle of 45 degrees,
miter;
acute angle,
obtuse angle,
salient angle,
reentering angle,
spherical angle.
angular measurement,
angular elevation,
angular distance,
angular velocity;
trigonometry,
goniometry;
altimetry†;
clinometer,
graphometer†,
goniometer;
theodolite;
sextant,
quadrant;
dichotomy.
triangle,
trigon†,
wedge;
rectangle,
square,
lozenge,
diamond;
rhomb,
rhombus;
quadrangle,
quadrilateral;
parallelogram;
quadrature;
polygon,
pentagon,
hexagon,
heptagon,
octagon,
oxygon†,
decagon.
pyramid,
cone.
Platonic bodies;
cube,
rhomboid;
tetrahedron,
pentahedron,
hexahedron,
octahedron,
dodecahedron,
icosahedron,
eicosahedron;
prism,
pyramid;
parallelopiped;
curb roof,
gambrel roof,
mansard roof.
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Roget 247:
circularity,
roundness;
rotundity
etc.
249.
circle,
circlet,
ring,
areola,
hoop,
roundlet†,
annulus,
annulet†,
bracelet,
armlet;
ringlet;
eye,
loop,
wheel;
cycle,
orb,
orbit,
rundle,
zone,
belt,
cordon,
band;
contrate wheel†,
crown wheel;
hub;
nave;
sash,
girdle,
cestus†,
cincture,
baldric,
fillet,
fascia,
wreath,
garland;
crown,
corona,
coronet,
chaplet,
snood,
necklace,
collar;
noose,
lasso,
lassoo†.
ellipse,
oval,
ovule;
ellipsoid,
cycloid;
epicycloid [Geom.],
epicycle;
semicircle;
quadrant,
sextant,
sector.
sphere
etc.
249.
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Polish: kwadrant
2 quadrant
Any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes.
Dutch: kwadrant
3 quadrant
The area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle.
Dutch: kwadrant
4 quadrant
A measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies.
Dutch: kwadrant
Polish: kwadrant
Moby 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 ... show more.
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