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quadrature

  • /ˈkwɒd.ɹəˌtjʊə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈkwɒd.ɹə.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈkwɑ.dɹəˌt͡ʃʊɚ/ US, dialectal
  • /ˈkwɑ.dɹə.t͡ʃɚ/ US, dialectal
  • /ˈkwɒd.ɹəˌt͡ʃʊɚ/ Canada, dialectal
  • /ˈkwɒd.ɹə.t͡ʃɚ/ Canada, dialectal

noun quadratures

  1. countable, uncountable The process of making something square; squaring.
  2. countable, uncountable The act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area. 1976, D. T. Whiteside (editor), The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton, Volume 7: 1691-1695, Cambridge University Press, page 3, Craige was then on the point of publishing a short tract wherein he expounded a systematic (if far from general) 'Method of determining the quadrature of figures comprehe
  3. countable, uncountable The calculation of a definite integral by numerical means. 1992, Bernard Bielecki, SINC Quadratures for Cauchy Principal Value Integrals, T.O. Espelid, Alan Genz, Springer, Numerical Integration: Recent Developments, Software and Applications, page 81, Three types of SINC quadratures are surveyed for the evaluation of Cauchy principal value integrals ∫_ΓF(t
  4. countable, uncountable The act or process of solving an indefinite integral by symbolic means.
  5. countable, uncountable A 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. countable, uncountable The condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°. If ν_(IN) has 50% duty-cycle, then the outputs are in quadrature.
  7. countable, uncountable A painting painted on a wooden panel.

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noun squaring

Españolcuadratura
DeutschQuadrieren
Ελληνικάτετραγωνισμός tetragonismós

noun mathematics

Españolcuadratura
Françaisquadrature
DeutschQuadratur
Ελληνικάτετραγωνισμός tetragonismós
Românăcvadratură
Русскийквадрату́ра kvadratúra

noun astronomy

Españolcuadratura
日本語矩 ku, 西矩 seiku, 西方矩 seihōku, 下矩 kaku
Françaisquadrature
DeutschQuadratur
Românăcvadratură

noun physics: condition in which the phase angle is 90 degrees

한국어직교 jikgyo

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@misc{quadrature_2026,
  title = {quadrature},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quadrature},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}