quadrate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkwɒd.ɹət/|/ˈkwɒdˌɹeɪt/    美 /ˈkwɑd.ɹət/|/ˈkwɑdˌɹeɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
    — At which command, the powers militant That stood for heav'n, in mighty quadrate joyn'd.
  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.
动词 v.
  1. To adjust (a gun) on its carriage. archaic,transitive
  2. To train (a gun) for horizontal firing. archaic,transitive
  3. To square. ambitransitive,archaic
    — quadrating the circle
  4. To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with). archaic,transitive
    — not quadrating with American ideas of right, justice and reason
形容词 adj.
  1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
    — Figures, some round, some triangle, some quadrate.
  2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
    — The number of Ten hath been as highly extolled, as containing even, odd, long, plain, quadrate and cubical numbers.
  3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. archaic
    — a quadrat, solid, wise man
  4. Squared; suited; correspondent. archaic
    — a generical description quadrate to both

词形变化

more quadrate comparative most quadrate superlative quadrat alternative,obsolete quadrates plural quadrat alternative,obsolete quadrates present,singular,third-person quadrating participle,present quadrated participle,past quadrated past quadrat alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
cranioquadrate paraquadrate postquadrate prequadrate pterygoquadrate quadrateness subquadrate biquadrate palatopterygoquadrate palatoquadrate semiquadrate sesquiquadrate
相关词
quadratic quadration quadrature

词源

词源 1
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”).
词源 2
From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrat; compare also quadrant (“square or quadrangle”).
词源 3
From Latin quadrātus, past participle of quadrō.
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