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Quadrature

noun
/-t͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.nounThe process of making something square; squaring.
2.nounThe act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area.
3.noun(numerical analysis) The calculation of a definite integral by numerical means.
4.nounThe act or process of solving an indefinite integral by symbolic means.
5.nounA situation in which the directions of two celestial bodies (or a celestial body and the Sun) form a right-angle from the perspective of the observer.
"When the Moon is in quadrature, it appears in the sky as a half-moon."
6.nounThe condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°.
7.nounA painting painted on a wooden panel.

Synonyms

squarequadrantquadranquadrisectionquadrillequadraturistsquierquadratequadbiquadratesesquiquadratequadrantal
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