quadrant

See also: Quadrant

English

Ptolemy using a quadrant (4)

Alternative forms

• quadraunt (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadrantem, accusative singular of quadrāns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kwŏdʹrənt, IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒd.ɹənt/
• enPR: kwŏdʹrənt, IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑd.ɹənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

quadrant (plural quadrants)

1. One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
2. (mathematics) One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
3. (geometry) One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°.
4. (nautical) A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.
5. (college basketball) One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule.
6. (obsolete) A square or quadrangle.

Translations

section

• Bulgarian: квадрант m (kvadrant)
• Catalan: quadrant m
• Czech: kvadrant (cs) m
• Dutch: kwadrant (nl) n
• Finnish: kvadrantti
• French: quadrant (fr) m
• Georgian: კვადრანტი (ḳvadranṭi)
• Hungarian: kvadráns (hu)
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• Indonesian: kuadran (id)
• Norwegian: kvadrant m
• Persian: چارک (fa) (čārak)
• Portuguese: quadrante (pt) m
• Russian: квадра́нт (ru) m (kvadránt)
• Swedish: kvadrant c
• Tagalog: kapatan

region of the Cartesian plane

• Bulgarian: квадрант m (kvadrant)
• Catalan: quadrant m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 象限 (zh) (Xiàngxiàn)

• Czech: kvadrant (cs) m
• Finnish: kvadrantti
• French: quadrant (fr) m
• German: Quadrant (de) m
• Hungarian: negyed (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Indonesian: kuadran (id)
• Japanese: 象限 (shōgen)
• Korean: 사분면 (ko) (sabunmyeon)
• Norwegian: kvadrant m
• Persian: چارک (fa) (čārak)
• Polish: kwadrant m
• Portuguese: quadrante (pt) m
• Russian: квадра́нт (ru) m (kvadránt)
• Swedish: kvadrant c
• Tagalog: kapatan

fourth of a circle

• Bulgarian: квадрант m (kvadrant)
• Catalan: quadrant m
• Czech: kvadrant (cs) m
• Dutch: kwadrant (nl) n
• Finnish: kvadrantti
• French: quadrant (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: körnegyed, kvadráns (hu)
• Indonesian: kuadran (id)
• Persian: چارک (fa) (čārak)
• Portuguese: quadrante (pt) m
• Russian: квадра́нт (ru) m (kvadránt)
• Spanish: cuadrante m
• Swedish: kvadrant c
• Tagalog: kapatan

measuring device

• Bulgarian: квадранд m (kvadrand)
• Catalan: quadrant m
• Czech: kvadrant (cs) m
• Dutch: kwadrant (nl) n
• Finnish: kvadrantti
• French: quadrant (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Quadrant (de) m
• Hungarian: kvadráns (hu)
• Indonesian: kuadran (id)
• Persian: چارک (fa) (čārak)
• Polish: kwadrant m
• Portuguese: quadrante (pt) m
• Russian: квадра́нт (ru) m (kvadránt)

See also

• octant
• sextant

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin quadrāns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kwəˈðɾan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kwəˈðɾant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kwaˈðɾant]

Noun

quadrant m (plural quadrants)

1. quadrant

Further reading

• “quadrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quadrant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “quadrant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “quadrant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadrāns (“fourth part of something, quarter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.dʁɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

quadrant m (plural quadrants)

1. quadrant

Further reading

• “quadrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) quadrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of quadrō