quadrate

IPA: kwɑdreɪt

noun

  • (geometry) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
  • (astrology) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile.
  • (anatomy) The quadrate bone.

verb

  • (archaic, transitive) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.
  • (archaic, transitive) To train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
  • (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To square.
  • (archaic, transitive) To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with).

adjective

  • Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
  • Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
  • (archaic) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
  • (archaic) Squared; suited; correspondent.
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