Lexic.us

Definition of Quadrate

1. Noun. A cubelike object.

2. Adjective. Having four sides and four angles.

3. Noun. A square-shaped object.

Definition of Quadrate

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

2. n. A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.

3. v. i. To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with.

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

Definition of Quadrate

1. to correspond or agree [v -RATED, -RATING, -RATES]

Medical Definition of Quadrate

1. 1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square. "Figures, some round, some triangle, some quadrate." (Foxe) 2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. " Quadrate and cubical numbers." 3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. " A quadrate, solid, wise man." 4. Squared; suited; correspondent. " A generical description quadrate to both. " Quadrate bone, 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. Origin: 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. 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." (Milton) 2. An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90 deg, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect. 3. The quadrate bone. Origin: L. Quadratum. See Quadrate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadrate

quadrantanopia quadrantanopia quadrantes quadrantic hemianopia quadrantic scotoma quadrants quadrants quadraphonic quadraphonics quadraphonic system

quadraphony quadrasonic quadrat quadrat quadrate (current term) quadrate (current term) quadrated quadrates quadrate ligament quadrate lobe

quadrate lobule quadrate muscle quadrate muscle of loins quadrate muscle of sole quadrate muscle of thigh quadrate muscle of upper lip quadrate part of liver quadrate pronator muscle quadratic quadratic

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