quadrature

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

Singular
quadrature

Plural
quadratures

quadrature (plural quadratures)

  1. the process of making something square; squaring
  2. (mathematics) the process of constructing a square having the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area
  3. (astronomy) a situation in which three celestial bodies form a right-angled triangle, the observer being located at the right angle
    When the Moon is in quadrature, it appears in the sky as a half-moon.
  4. (physics) the condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°

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quadrature f.

  1. Plural form of quadratura.