quadrat
See also: Quadrat
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwɒd.ɹæt/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin quadrātum.
Noun
quadrat (plural quadrats)
- (sciences) An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.
Derived terms
- photoquadrat
- subquadrat
See also
- transect
Etymology 2
Attested since 1683. Possibly from French cadrat or Italian quadrato (“square”), from Latin quadrātum (“square”). So called because the basic quadrat, the em quadrat, has a square face, having the same width as the height of a line of type.
Noun
quadrat (plural quadrats)
- (letterpress typography, obsolete) A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type.
- 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the art of Printing., v 2, p 222–23:
- If his Title be ſhort, he Sets it in the middle of the Line, by Setting Quadrats on both ſides: If his Title be long, he Sets the middle Line in the middle: If it make three or more Lines, he Indents the firſt with an m Quadrat, and the other with two m Quadrats.
- 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the art of Printing., v 2, p 222–23:
- (Egyptology) A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged.
Synonyms
- quad
- space
Derived terms
- quad
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin quadrātus, possibly a borrowing. Cf. caire, quadre.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /kwəˈdɾat/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kwaˈdɾat/
Audio (file)
Noun
quadrat m (plural quadrats)
- square
Adjective
quadrat (feminine quadrada, masculine plural quadrats, feminine plural quadrades)
- square
- squared
Related terms
- quadrar
- quadre
- caire
- cairar
Further reading
- “quadrat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “quadrat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “quadrat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “quadrat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Verb
quadrat
- third-person singular present active indicative of quadrō
Tatar
Noun
quadrat
- quadrat
Adjective
quadrat
- quadratic, square
- quadrat kilometr
- quadrat kilometr
- square kilometer