quadrant
pronunciation
How to pronounce quadrant in British English:
UK [ˈkwɒdrənt]
How to pronounce quadrant in American English:
US [ˈkwɑdrənt]
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- Noun:
- a quarter of the circumference of a circle
- a quarter of the circumference of a circle
- any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes
- the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle
- a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies
Word Origin
- quadrant (n.)
- late 14c., "a quarter of a day, six hours," from Middle French quadrant, from Latin quadrantem (nominative quadrans) "fourth part," also the name of a coin worth a quarter of an as, noun use of present participle of quadrare "to make square; put in order, arrange, complete; run parallel, be exact," figuratively "to fit, suit, be proper," related to quadrus "a square," quattuor "four" (see four). The surveying instrument is first so called c. 1400, because it forms a quarter circle. Related: Quadrantal.
Example
- 1. Happiness and love etc.these common words all belong to the first quadrant .
- 2. Each quadrant on the user 's computer screen represents a different command and flashes at a different frequency .
- 3. However no quadrant is wholly reducible to another and both gross and subtle reductionism can be destructive .
- 4. Dr. steven covey 's classic discussion of the time quadrant is relevant here .
- 5. So , pozsar and mcculley argue that in this fourth quadrant we need to embrace a mental flip .