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Definition of Quadrants
1. quadrant [n] - See also: quadrant
Medical Definition of Quadrants
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadrants
Literary usage of Quadrants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"When the instrument is to be used to determine the potential difference between
two conductors, they are connected to the two opposite pairs of quadrants. ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"When the instrument is to be used to determine the potential difference between
two conductors, they are connected to the two opposite pairs of quadrants. ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1890)
"The electrometer case is circular and the above needle and quadrants are arranged
so that the magnetized mirror is at the centre of the case, and the needle ..."
4. The Theory and Practice of Absolute Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism by Andrew Gray (1888)
"53, the four quadrants of the flat- ring are replaced by four quadrants ...
For three of the quadrants the stem passes through a slot in the cover and is ..."
5. Plane Trigonometry with Practical Applications by Leonard Eugene Dickson (1922)
"Trigonometric position of an angle; the four quadrants. When, as in Figs. 59—61,
an angle 10 T is placed so that its initial side 01 is horizontal and is ..."
6. Plane Trigonometry and Applications by Ernest Julius Wilczynski (1914)
"The four quadrants. The x- and y-axes divide the plane into four portions called
quadrants. The quadrant bounded by the positive x- and y-axes is usually ..."
7. A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts by Thomas Young (1845)
"For ascertaining, by immediate measurement, the position of any of the heavenly
bodies, it is usual to determine its meridian altitude by quadrants, ..."
8. A Text-book of Coal-mining by Herbert William Hughes (1892)
"Quadrants.—For any type of horizontal engine fixed at the surface, quadrants ...
If two lifts are used, quadrants are placed on opposite sides of the shaft, ..."
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