quadran
quadran noun: a square, a quadrangle. Also the alternative form of quadrans.
Noun
quadran (plural quadrans)
- A square, a quadrangle.
- This temple is square, & doth containe euery way as much ground as a crossebow can reach leuell... In the middest of this Quadern standeth a mount of earth and stone.1578, Thomas Nicholas, Lopez de Gómara, The pleasant historie of the conquest of the Weast India, now called new Spayne
- And hee (the Magician) seeing the great disloyalty of him (Lusindo), determined before hee did die to bee reuenged of that injury, and likewise of me, in such sort, that in time ther might be some remedy, & so by his great knowledge he brought the prince hether vnto his habitation, andd put him...1620, Story of the Unfaithful Lover
Also used as
quadran is also the alternative form of quadrans.
quadran is also the obsolete form of quatrain.
Forms of quadran
| plural | quadrans |
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Origin of quadran
Alteration of quadrant.
Back-formation from quadrans.
Questions about quadran
- What does quadran mean?
- Quadran means a square, a quadrangle.
- What part of speech is quadran?
- Quadran is a noun.
- What is the plural of quadran?
- The plural of quadran is quadrans.
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