quadrat

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Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrate and of etymology 2 below.

Noun[edit]

quadrat (plural quadrats)

  1. (sciences) An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.
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Verb[edit]

quadrat (third-person singular simple present quadrats, present participle quadratting, simple past and past participle quadratted)

  1. To place a quadrat, or divide into quadrats.

Etymology 2[edit]

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Attested since 1683. Possibly from French cadrat or Italian quadrato (square), from Latin quadrātum (square). Doublet of quadrate and of etymology 1 above. 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[edit]

quadrat (plural quadrats)

  1. (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.[1], volume 2, pages 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.
  2. (Egyptology) A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged.
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Etymology[edit]

Probably borrowed from Latin quadrātus. Cf. caire, quadre.

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Noun[edit]

quadrat m (plural quadrats)

  1. square

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quadrat (feminine quadrada, masculine plural quadrats, feminine plural quadrades)

  1. past participle of quadrar

Adjective[edit]

quadrat (feminine quadrada, masculine plural quadrats, feminine plural quadrades)

  1. square
  2. squared

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

quadrat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of quadrō

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quadrat

  1. quadrat

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quadrat

  1. quadratic, square
    quadrat kilometr
    square kilometer