quadraunt
quadraunt is the obsolete form of quadrant.
Meaning of quadrant
Noun (1)
quadrant (plural quadrants)
- One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
- Kids, I swear, I'm gonna love all of you, and equally. I'll be dividing my love into seven equal sections, or "Love Quadrants". Each quadrant will be worth 15 "Love Units" represented by these small brass marbles. You may use these marbles as currency amongst yourselves. Collect 35 "Love Units"...2007, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 4 (black comedy, surreal comedy), spoken by Xavier (Vernon Chatman)
- One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
- One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°.
- A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.
- One of the four categories of team wins and losses, as categorized by strength of schedule.
Noun (2)
quadrant (plural quadrants)
- A square or quadrangle.
- There is an outcourt or quadrant, whereof one side is a gallery to walk in, being in length six hundred feet.1852, Agnes Strickland, Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses, page 52
Forms of quadraunt
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Questions about quadraunt
- What is quadraunt the obsolete form of?
- Quadraunt is the obsolete form of quadrant.
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