quadrat

See also: Quadrat

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin quadrātum.

Noun

quadrat (plural quadrats)

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

Derived terms

• photoquadrat
• subquadrat

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)

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., 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.

2. (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

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin quadrātus, possibly a borrowing. Cf. caire, quadre.

Noun

quadrat m (plural quadrats)

1. square

Adjective

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

1. square
2. squared

Related terms

• quadrar
• quadre
• caire
• cairar

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) quadrat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of quadrō

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Tatar

Noun

quadrat

1. quadrat

Adjective

quadrat

1. quadratic, square

   quadrat kilometr

   square kilometer