Quadrant is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for QUADRANT in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a quarter section of a circle
• each of four quarters of a circle.
• each of four parts of a plane, sphere, space, or body divided by two lines or planes at right angles
• an instrument used for taking angular measurements of altitude in astronomy and navigation, typically consisting of a graduated quarter circle and a sighting mechanism.
• a panel with slots through which a lever is moved to orient or otherwise control a mechanism.
• quarter of a circle
• The fourth part; the quarter.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• a quarter of the circumference of a circle
• any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes
• the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle
• a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies
• a frame fixed to the head of a ship's rudder, to which the steering mechanism is attached.

Words related to QUADRANT

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Words that contain QUADRANT

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How to use QUADRANT in a sentence

• The men first remove all pins except those of the four corner guy ropes, or the four quadrant guy ropes in the case of the conical wall tent.
• About four months ago he borrowed of me a sextant, quadrant, and chronometer.
• Is there no evidence in this of a special providence, and that God listens to the prayers of persecuted and distressed children? THE CAPTAIN AND THE QUADRANT.
• Again he went down and prayed, and again he appeared on deck with his quadrant in his hand.
• Using the radar, he scanned the quadrant where the asteroid had last been seen and turned up no object of significance.
• Toley showed a more active interest in him, teaching him the use of the sextant and quadrant, how to take the altitude of the sun, and many other matters important in navigation.
• A giant ball now, filling all that quadrant of the heavens.
• Unfortunately the situation of the promontory itself, owing to some injury done to his quadrant, is considerably in error, being twelve or fourteen miles wrong in latitude.
• The external quadrant of a circle, 8, expresses exuberance and plenitude, amplitude and generosity.
• But knowledge was advancing, and the astrolabe, which has been modified into the modern quadrant, was being applied to navigation.
• The greatest of these, the tangent, not being cut by the quadrant, he called the line of the sun, and associated with infinite force.
• It would not require superhuman eloquence in some prophetic passenger to persuade them to throw compass and quadrant overboard and steer enthusiastically for El Dorado.
• A jingling hansom swung from Piccadilly Circus into the Quadrant.
• A distant clock was striking eight-thirty as he turned up the Quadrant.

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