quadrat
/ˈkwɒd.ɹæt/
quadrat noun: an area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.
Noun (1)
quadrat (plural quadrats)
- An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.
Verb
quadrat (third-person singular simple present quadrats, present participle quadratting, simple past and past participle quadratted)
- To place a quadrat, or divide into quadrats.
Noun (2)
quadrat (plural quadrats)
- A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type.
- 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., volume 2, pages 222–23
- The footsticks may be a trifle shorter than the width of two pages and the gutter; for as there should always be a line of quadrats, or a reglet cut to measure, at the foot of each page, the footstick may be a pica shorter without danger, on this account, of any thing falling out, when the form is...1841, William Savage, A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, page 330
- A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged.
quadrat meaning in Tamil
quadrat in Tamil
- கால்வெளி, நாற்சதுரத் தொகுதி, அப்பகுதியில் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்படுவது
Synonyms of quadrat
Forms of quadrat
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | quadrats |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | quadrats |
| present participle | quadratting |
| past participle | quadratted |
| past | quadratted |
Origin of quadrat
Borrowed from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrate and of etymology 2 below.
Attested since 1683. Possibly from French cadrat or Italian quadrato (“square”), from Latin quadrātum (“square”). Doublet of quadrate and of etymology 1 above. 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.
Words formed from quadrat
Questions about quadrat
- What does quadrat mean?
- Quadrat means an area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.
- What is quadrat in Tamil?
- Quadrat in Tamil is கால்வெளி, நாற்சதுரத் தொகுதி, அப்பகுதியில் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்படுவது. See Quadrat meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is quadrat?
- Quadrat can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce quadrat?
- Quadrat is pronounced /ˈkwɒd.ɹæt/.
- What is the plural of quadrat?
- The plural of quadrat is quadrats.
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