quadrant

• quadraunt (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin quadrantem, accusative singular of quadrāns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kwŏdʹrənt, IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒd.ɹənt/
• (General American) enPR: kwŏdʹrənt, IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑd.ɹənt/

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quadrant (plural quadrants)

1. One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
2. (mathematics) One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
3. (geometry) One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°.
4. (nautical) A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.
5. (college basketball) One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule.
6. (obsolete) A square or quadrangle.

• octant
• sextant

From Latin quadrāns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kwəˈdɾant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kwəˈdɾan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kwaˈdɾant/

quadrant m (plural quadrants)

1. quadrant

• “quadrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quadrant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “quadrant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “quadrant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin quadrāns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).

• IPA^(key): /ka.dʁɑ̃/

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quadrant m (plural quadrants)

1. quadrant

• “quadrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

quadrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of quadrō