Quadrant Synonyms

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Synonyms for Quadrant

quarter-circle
a quarter of the circumference of a circle
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Words Related to Quadrant

vertex
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triangle
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sextant
An instrument used by navigators for measuring the angular distance of the sun, a star, etc. from the horizon, as in finding the position of a ship
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Quadrant Sentence Examples

  • The pilots were all Indians, and they used the forestaff and quadrant for their observations.

  • The first root after zero is thus in the third quadrant, corresponding to m =1.

  • The old method of giving quadrant elevation by clinometer was obviously too slow.

  • Flamsteed, from measurements made in 1689 and succeeding years with his mural quadrant, similarly concluded that the declination of the Pole Star was 40" less in July than in September.

  • The astrolabe quadrant or cross-staff enabled the mariner to determine"his latitude with a certain amount of accuracy, but for his longitude 1 See fig.

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