Quadrature is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for QUADRATURE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure
• the process of constructing a square with an area equal to that of a circle, or of another figure bounded by a curve.
• the position of the moon or a planet when it is 90° from the sun as viewed from the earth.
• a phase difference of 90 degrees between two waves of the same frequency, as in the colour difference signals of a television screen.
• the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
• the position of the moon or a planet when it is 90° from the sun as viewed from the earth.
ADJECTIVE:
• The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as, the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line, as by a curve, two ordinates, and the axis of abscissas.
• A quadrate; a square.
• The integral used in obtaining the area bounded by a curve; hence, the definite integral of the product of any function of one variable into the differential of that variable.
• The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a configuration in which two celestial bodies (as the moon and the sun) have an angular separation of 90 degrees as seen from the earth

Words related to QUADRATURE

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Words that contain QUADRATURE

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How to use QUADRATURE in a sentence

• In and near quadrature Mars is perceptibly gibbous.
• His appearance and relative dimensions as he passes from opposition to quadrature are shown in the last three figures of the upper row.
• The shadow of the planet on the rings is best seen when the rings are well open and the planet is in or near quadrature.
• Saturn is more likely to be studied at the latter than at the former quadrature, as in quadrature preceding opposition he is a morning star.
• The shadow of the rings on the planet is best seen when the rings are but moderately open, and Saturn is in or near quadrature.
• The Square, turning upon itself, produces the circle equal to itself, and the circular movement of four equal angles turning around one point, is the quadrature of the circle.
• Q Quadrature of the circle indicates the knowledge of the four vulgar elements, 629-m.
• Quadrature of the circle produced by movements of four equal angles, 771-l.

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