quadrat
pronunciation
How to pronounce quadrat in British English:
UK ['kwɒdrət]
How to pronounce quadrat in American English:
US ['kwɒdrət]
Word Origin
- quadrat (n.)
- "a blank, low-cast type used by typographers to fill in larger spaces in printed lines," 1680s, from French quadrat "a quadrat," literally "a square," from Latin quadratrus, past participle of quadrare "to square, make square" (see quadrant). Earlier in English it meant a type of surveying instrument (c. 1400).
Example
- 1. Based on the line investigation and the quadrat investigation , species multiplicity in guizhou litchi karst secondary forest were studied .
- 2. 1999 Year winter , the summer season , uses the quadrat survey procedure , has carried on the monitor to the ever green nature protection area panda habitat choice .
- 3. Abscissa means the direction of west to east ; ordinate means the direction of south to north ; numerical means quadrat site .
- 4. According to the quadrat investigation material , the author calculated typical herbaceous plant 's diversity index values in ulanbuh desert by using the diversity computational methods of plant community characteristics .
- 5. The canopies of the desert plants are simple and thus the proportions of their canopies to the quadrat area are used as their eigenvalues to accurately and reliably calculate the eigenvalues of their niches .