quadrature
IPA: kwˈɑdrʌtʃɝ
noun
- The process of making something square; squaring.
- (mathematics) The act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area.
- (mathematics, numerical analysis) The calculation of a definite integral by numerical means.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis) The act or process of solving an indefinite integral by symbolic means.
- (astronomy) A situation in which the directions of two celestial bodies (or a celestial body and the Sun) form a right angle from the perspective of the observer.
- (physics) The condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°.
- (art) A painting painted on a wooden panel.
Examples of "quadrature" in Sentences
- More curious than his quadrature is his name; what are we to make of it?
- (A quadrature is the inverse problem, that of determining the fluents when the fluxions are given.)
- La quadrature notes that the names appearing in the petition are not artistic names but real names of artists.
- The error by Archimedes is ultimately comparable to the use of that fallacy of the notion of quadrature which was already implicit in the Aristotelean presumption expressed by
- Before Newton, quadrature or integration had rested ultimately “on some process through which elemental triangles or rectangles were added together”, that is, on the method of indivisibles.
- Further more, La quadrature du net has investigated the petition… Many of the names are fake, a lot of these “artists” dont exist, are members of the french IFPI, or their names have been used without their knowledge… Oh yes nice petition indeed…
- Further more, La quadrature du net has investigated the petition … Many of the names are fake, a lot of these “artists” dont exist, are members of the french IFPI, or their names have been used without their knowledge … Oh yes nice petition indeed …
- “Further more, La quadrature du net has investigated the petition⦠Many of the names are fake, a lot of these âartistsâ dont exist, are members of the french IFPI, or their names have been used without their knowledge⦠Oh yes nice petition indeed⦔
- “Further more, La quadrature du net has investigated the petitionâ ¦ Many of the names are fake, a lot of these âartistsâ dont exist, are members of the french IFPI, or their names have been used without their knowledgeâ ¦ Oh yes nice petition indeedâ ¦”