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Added 9 October 2026

quadrate

/ˈkwɒd.ɹət/ adjective

Latin root: quadrātus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about quadrate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.

noun

A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile.
The quadrate bone.

verb

To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.
To train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
To square.
quadrating the circle

Origin

From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātus (“square”), past participle of quadrō (“to make four-cornered, square, put in order, intransitive be square”), from quadra (“a square”), later quadrus (“square”), from quattuor (“four”).

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