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Definition of Quadrats
1. quadrat [n] - See also: quadrat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadrats
Literary usage of Quadrats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report (1913)
"The method of placing the quadrats was as follows: First, ... If a different size
was taken it will be stated when describing the individual quadrats. ..."
2. Research Methods in Ecology by Frederic Edward Clements (1905)
"To make them strictly comparable, and exactly divisible, unit quadrats are always
grouped ... quadrats of greater size are necessary in woodland and forest, ..."
3. Typographia: an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of by Thomas Curson Hansard (1825)
"Minute detail of the art of Stereotyping—Form of the Type, quadrats, ...
The quadrats should be cast rather lower than the shoulder of the letter, ..."
4. American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking: Containing a History of by Wesley Washington Pasko (1894)
"The lower corner of the lower case is appropriated to quadrats, ... The em quadrat
is the basis of computation for all spaces and quadrats. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"... with the nine quadrats, when no nicks appear uppermost in the quadrats thrown;
hence no count. (London slang), a young sodomite. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"quadrats (Lat. quadratus, squared). In Printing, pieces of metal of the depth of
the body of the respective sizes of types, ..."
7. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1856)
"quadrats.—. Use of the chase.—. Imposing.—. Reading and correcting.—. Successive
operations in printing.—. Inking.—. Inking-rollers.—. Stanhope press. —. ..."
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