quadrat
See also: Quadrat
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin quadrātum.
Noun
quadrat (plural quadrats)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
1683. Probably from French cadrat or Italian quadrato (“square”), originally 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.
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Catalan
Etymology
From Latin quadrātus, possibly a borrowing. Cf. caire, quadre.
Pronunciation
Noun
quadrat m (plural quadrats)
Adjective
quadrat (feminine quadrada, masculine plural quadrats, feminine plural quadrades)
Related terms
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, 2024
- “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
(deprecated template usage) quadrat
Tatar
Noun
quadrat
Adjective
quadrat
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