quadrate

Meaning

Adj

1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
3. (archaic) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
4. (archaic) Squared; suited; correspondent.

Noun

1. A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
2. An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile.
3. The quadrate bone.

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.
2. (archaic, transitive) To train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
3. (ambitransitive, archaic) To square.
4. (archaic, transitive) To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with).

Synonyms

square

quadrangle

tetragonal

quadratic

quadrilateral

quad

tetragon

second power

rectangular

squared timber

super

superficial

trapezoid

em quad

dimetric

pica em

quadratic quadrate

quadric secondary

sawn square

coordinate

squaresawn lumber

em

foursquare

four-square

quadric

quarter

quartering

quod

Translations

cuadrado

kare

murabba

uydurmak

quadratisch

carré

quadratique

quadrato

kwadrateren

vierkant

rectangular

dördül kemik

dördül şekil

dört köşeli

مربّع

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkwɒd.ɹət/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: quadrat

In summary

From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātus (“square”), past participle of quadrō (“to make four-cornered, square, put in order, intransitive be square”), from quadra (“a square”), later quadrus (“square”), from quattuor (“four”).