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Definition of quadrant
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Quadrant
(n.) The
fourth
part; the
quarter.
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Sinical
::
Sinical
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a sine;
employing,
or
founded
upon,
sines;
as, a
sinical
quadrant..
Gunter''s Scale
::
Gunter's
scale () A scale
invented
by the Rev.
Edmund
Gunter
(1581-1626),
a
professor
of
astronomy
at
Gresham
College,
London,
who
invented
also
Gunter's
chain,
and
Gunter's
quadrant..
Backstaff
::
Backstaff
(n.) An
instrument
formerly
used for
taking
the
altitude
of the
heavenly
bodies,
but now
superseded
by the
quadrant
and
sextant;
-- so
called
because
the
observer
turned
his back to the body
observed..
Quadrant
::
Quadrant
(n.) An
instrument
for
measuring
altitudes,
variously
constructed
and
mounted
for
different
specific
uses in
astronomy,
surveying,
gunnery,
etc.,
consisting
commonly
of a
graduated
arc of 90�, with an index or
vernier,
and
either
plain or
telescopic
sights,
and
usually
having
a plumb line or
spirit
level for
fixing
the
vertical
or
horizontal
direction..
Altimeter
::
Altimeter
(n.) An
instrument
for
taking
altitudes,
as a
quadrant,
sextant,
etc..
Arc
::
Arc (n.) A
curvature
in the shape of a
circular
arc or an arch; as, the
colored
arc (the
rainbow);
the arc of
Hadley's
quadrant..
Quadrantal
::
Quadrantal
(n.) A
cubical
vessel
containing
a Roman cubic foot, each side being a Roman
square
foot; -- used as a
measure..
Sextant
::
Sextant
(n.) An
instrument
for
measuring
angular
distances
between
objects,
-- used esp. at sea, for
ascertaining
the
latitude
and
longitude.
It is
constructed
on the same
optical
principle
as
Hadley's
quadrant,
but
usually
of
metal,
with a nicer
graduation,
telescopic
sight,
and its arc the
sixth,
and
sometimes
the
third,
part of a
circle.
See
Quadrant..
Pelecoid
::
Pelecoid
(n.) A
figure,
somewhat
hatched-shaped,
bounded
by a
semicircle
and two
inverted
quadrants,
and equal in area to the
square
ABCD
inclosed
by the
chords
of the four
quadrants..
Triquadrantal
::
Triquadrantal
(a.)
Having
three
quadrants;
thus, a
triquadrantal
triangle
is one whose three sides are
quadrants,
and whose three
angles
are
consequently
right
angles..
Antimeter
::
Antimeter
(n.) A
modification
of the
quadrant,
for
measuring
small
angles..
Quadrant
::
Quadrant
(n.) One of the four parts into which a plane is
divided
by the
coordinate
axes. The upper
right-hand
part is the first
quadrant;
the upper
left-hand
part the
second;
the lower
left-hand
part the
third;
and the lower
right-hand
part the
fourth
quadrant.
Vane
::
Vane (n.) One of the
sights
of a
compass,
quadrant,
etc..
Quadrantal
::
Quadrantal
(n.) A cube.
Trirectangular
::
Trirectangular
(a.)
Having
three right
angles.
See
Triquadrantal.
Alidade
::
Alidade
(n.) The
portion
of a
graduated
instrument,
as a
quadrant
or
astrolabe,
carrying
the
sights
or
telescope,
and
showing
the
degrees
cut off on the arc of the
instrument.
Mural
::
Mural (a.) Of or
pertaining
to a wall; being on, or in, a wall;
growing
on, or
against,
a wall; as, a mural
quadrant..
Quadrantal
::
Quadrantal
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a
quadrant;
also,
included
in the
fourth
part of a
circle;
as,
quadrantal
space..
Quadrant
::
Quadrant
(n.) The
quarter
of a
circle,
or of the
circumference
of a
circle,
an arc of 90�, or one
subtending
a right angle at the
center..
Bow
::
Bow (v. t.) A rude sort of
quadrant
formerly
used for
taking
the sun's
altitude
at sea.
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