Look up: quadrant

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   quadrant
   [n] - a quarter of the circumference of a circle 2. [n] - a quarter of the circumference of a circle 3. [n] - any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes 4. [n] - the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle 5. [n] - a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies
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   Quadrant
   denotes one of four equal sections in the mouth. The upper right, upper left, lower right or the lower left.
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   Quadrant
   Code name for the first Quebec conference (Churchill & Roosevelt)- August 1943
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   Quadrant
   One quarter of a circle.
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   Quadrant
   Quadrant: A quarter. For example, the liver is in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.
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   quadrant
   one of the four quarters of the rectangular coordinate dimensioning system Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • an instrument for measuring angles having a graduated quartercircle arc 99999 INTERNATIONAL DE MONACO,1951 Category: Transport • these lines divide the plane determined by them...into four regions...called the first, second, third and...
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   Quadrant
   Convex moulding of quarter circle profile, usually between fillets.
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   quadrant
   Instrument used in navigation for measuring altitude, made up of a quarter-circle of wood or metal marked with a graded scale of angles. From the late 16thC quadrants made of brass, or brass and mahogany, with a pivoted radius, or index arm, came into use.
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   Quadrant
   Definition (keystage 3) A quarter of a plane, bounded by two lines at right angles to one another. Eg in Cartesian co-ordinates the part of the plane with both x and y positive is a quadrant.
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    Quadrant
    Quad'rant noun [ Latin quadrans , -antis , a fourth part, a fourth of a whole, from quattuor four: confer French quadrant , cadran . See Four , and confer Cadrans .] 1. The fourth part; the quarter. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne. 2. (Geom.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90°, or o ...
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    quadrant
    <dentistry> The four parts of your mouth, that is the upper left, the upper right, the lower left, and the lower right. ... (08 Jan 1998) ...
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    quadrant
    noun a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies
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    quadrant
    noun the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle
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    quadrant
    right angle noun a quarter of the circumference of a circle
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    quadrant
    noun a quarter of the circumference of a circle
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    quadrant
    a device for measuring the height of stars in the sky which was used in the past for calculatingdirections when travelling across the sea
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    Quadrant
    `Quadrant` may refer to: * One of the four sections of the Cartesian coordinate system * Quadrant (instrument) A `measuring instrument` capable of measuring angles up to 90° * In science-fiction: Galactic quadrants (Star Trek) * HMS Quadrant (G11), a Second World War British/Australian warship * A Quadrant or section in a city street nomenclature system * Quadrant (automobile) * Quadrant Homes a real-estate company in the northwestern US * Qu...
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    quadrant
    (kwod´rәnt) one fourth of the circumference of a circle. one of four corresponding parts, as of the abdominal surface, the dentition, the field of vision, or the tympanic membrane.
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    Quadrant
    • (n.) The fourth part; the quarter. • (n.) The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90
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    quadrant
    (from the article `Hadley, John`) In 1730, independently of Thomas Godfrey of Philadelphia, Hadley invented a quadrant (actually a double-reflecting octant) for measuring the ... The first instruments used at sea for elevation angle measurements seem to have been the quadrant and the astrolabe, long known to astronomers. For ... [2 ...
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    Quadrant
    (from the article `McAuley, James Phillip`) ...at the University of Sydney, he taught for a while, served with Australian forces in World War II, and then became a senior lecturer at the ...
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    quadrant
    One quarter of a circle. In anatomy, roughly circular areas are divided for descriptive purposes into quadrants. The abdomen is divided into right upper and lower and left upper and lower quadrants by a horizontal and a vertical line intersecting at the umbilicus. Quadrants of the ocular fundus (superior and inferior nasal, superior and inferior te...
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    quadrant
    
    1. a quarter of the circumference of a circle
    2. a quarter of the circumference of a circle
    3. any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes
    4. the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle
    5. a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies
    
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    Quadrant
    The dental term for the division of the jaws into four parts, beginning at the midline of the arch and extending towards the last tooth in the back of the mouth. There are four quadrants in the mouth; each quadrant generally contains five to eight teeth.
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    quadrant
    Portable astronomical quadrant by John Bird, London, c. 1760 • (astron.) An old instrument, based on a quarter of a circle and designed to measure the altitude above the horizon of astronomical bodies. As it was originally used, the plane of the quadrant was adjusted to lie in the plane o...
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