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quadrature
noun
- the act of squaring
- the construction of a square equal in area to a given surface: the quadrature of a circle
- Astron. a configuration of a superior planet or the moon in which the angle between it and the sun, as seen from the earth, is 90°
See quadrature in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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