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(kwä′drit, -drāt′; for v., -drāt′)

adjective

square or nearly square; rectangular
Zool. designating a bone or cartilage of the skull in birds, bony fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, to which the lower jaw is joined

Origin: ME < L quadratus, pp. of quadrare, to make square < quadrus, a square < quattuor, four

noun

a square or rectangle
a square or rectangular space, thing, etc.
Zool. the quadrate bone

Origin: ME < L quadratum < quadratus

intransitive verb quadrated, quadrating

to square; agree (with)

transitive verb

to make square; make (something) conform

See quadrate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A square or cube.
b. An approximately square or cubic area, space, or object.
Zoology A bone or cartilaginous structure of the skull, joining the upper and lower jaws in birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.

adjective

Having four sides and four angles; square or rectangular.
Zoology Of or being the quadrate bone or cartilage.

intransitive verb quad·rat·ed, quad·rat·ing, quad·rates
Archaic

To correspond; agree.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English quadrat, something square

Origin: , from Latin quadrātum

Origin: , from neuter past participle of quadrāre, to make square

Origin: , from quadrum, square; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots

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