quadrant

IPA: kwˈɑdrʌnt

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

Examples of "quadrant" in Sentences

Choose the Anchor quadrant from the 10 options to set the base location.
You will notice that the upper-quadrant is the only light that does not flash red.
As we all know, the Delta quadrant is the setting of Voyager, a series best not spoken of.
Because of the hurricane's counterclockwise rotation, the forward-right quadrant is considered "bad."
And, two, oftentimes, not only the right front quadrant, which is what we're in right now, but the rear quadrant as well.
This represents four different sectors of the mouth and as each quadrant is cleaned, the screen shows how good or bad a job is being done and when to move on.
We've got these tornado watches that are posted -- or one until 11: 00 this morning for the potential of seeing tornadoes swirling around the northern quadrant, which is typically the most destructive quadrant.
Basing an intellectual circle around the quadrant is like rejecting the science, technology and ideas of democracy and equality of opportunity that arose through that age, stating a clear preference for the Old Ways.
And in the warped world of religion the fact that a quadrant neither looks like nor is a circle has never stopped believers from going on believing that their quadrant is a circle nor trying to make us sceptics believe that their quadrant is a circle despite us seeing something else.