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Quadrantal :: Quadrantal (a.) Of or pertaining to a quadrant; also, included in the fourth part of a circle; as, quadrantal space..

Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) The quadrate bone.

Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.

Azimuth :: Azimuth (n.) The quadrant of an azimuth circle.

Altimeter :: Altimeter (n.) An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc..

Quadrantes :: Quadrantes (pl. ) of Quadran.

Quadratojugal :: Quadratojugal (a.) Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone.

Quadratojugal :: Quadratojugal (a.) Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.

Quadratrix :: Quadratrix (n.) A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen..

Term :: Term (n.) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3..

Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures..

Quadrat :: Quadrat (n.) An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows..

Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition..

Alidade :: Alidade (n.) The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument.

Quadratojugal :: Quadratojugal (n.) The quadratojugal bone.

Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90¡, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6..

Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) Squared; suited; correspondent.

Biquadrate :: Biquadrate (n.) The fourth power, or the square of the square. Thus 4x4=16, the square of 4, and 16x16=256, the biquadrate of 4..

Sight :: Sight (v. t.) A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant..

Quadrant :: Quadrant (n.) An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90¡, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction..

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