Brahe invented many instruments such as the Tyconian Quadrant which were widely copied and led to the invention of improved observational equipment.
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Quadrant
//ˈkwɒd.ɹənt//
Synonyms for "quadrant" (60 found)
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Related words (30)
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12 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- квадранд noun (measuring device)
- квадрант noun (section)
- квадрант noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
- квадрант noun (fourth of a circle)
Catalan
4 entries- quadrant noun (section)
- quadrant noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
- quadrant noun (fourth of a circle)
- quadrant noun (measuring device)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 象限 noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
Czech
4 entries- kvadrant noun (section)
- kvadrant noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
- kvadrant noun (fourth of a circle)
- kvadrant noun (measuring device)
Dutch
3 entries- kwadrant noun (section)
- kwadrant noun (fourth of a circle)
- kwadrant noun (measuring device)
Finnish
4 entries- kvadrantti noun (section)
- kvadrantti noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
- kvadrantti noun (fourth of a circle)
- kvadrantti noun (measuring device)
French
4 entries- quadrant noun (section)
- quadrant noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
- quadrant noun (fourth of a circle)
- quadrant noun (measuring device)
Georgian
1 entries- კვადრანტი noun (section)
German
2 entries- Quadrant noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
- Quadrant noun (measuring device)
Hungarian
4 entries- kvadráns noun (section)
- kvadráns noun (fourth of a circle)
- kvadráns noun (measuring device)
- körnegyed noun (fourth of a circle)
Indonesian
4 entries- kuadran noun (section)
- kuadran noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
- kuadran noun (fourth of a circle)
- kuadran noun (measuring device)
Japanese
1 entries- 象限 noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
Korean
1 entries- 사분면 noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
Norwegian
2 entries- kvadrant noun (section)
- kvadrant noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آینه noun (measuring device)
Persian
4 entries- چارک noun (section)
- چارک noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
- چارک noun (fourth of a circle)
- چارک noun (measuring device)
Polish
2 entries- kwadrant noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
- kwadrant noun (measuring device)
Portuguese
4 entries- quadrante noun (section)
- quadrante noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
- quadrante noun (fourth of a circle)
- quadrante noun (measuring device)
Russian
4 entries- квадра́нт noun (section)
- квадра́нт noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
- квадра́нт noun (fourth of a circle)
- квадра́нт noun (measuring device)
Spanish
1 entries- cuadrante noun (fourth of a circle)
Swedish
3 entries- kvadrant noun (section)
- kvadrant noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
- kvadrant noun (fourth of a circle)
Tagalog
3 entries- kapatan noun (section)
- kapatan noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
- kapatan noun (fourth of a circle)
Thai
1 entries- จตุภาค noun (region of the Cartesian plane)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The liver is in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen.
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A quadrilateral with all positive abscissas but all negative ordinates would fall into quadrant IV of the Cartesian coordinate plane.
Source: tatoeba (12849651)
I gave Tom a quadrant.
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