quadrant C2 Topic:Mathematics & Measurement US /ˈkwɑ.dɹənt/ UK /ˈkwɒd.ɹənt/ See IPA manual Freq #11846 Meanings 1 noun one of four roughly equal sectors into which a plane, circle, area, or display is divided We might mount a machine-gun in each quadrant, shooting X-plosive bullets, through pressure gaskets in the walls. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms four-quadrantinterquadrantquadrantanopiaquadrantectomyquadranticquadrantlikequadrantly Related forms octantsextant Etymology From Middle English quadrant, from Old French cadran, quadrant and its etymon Latin quadrāns, -antis (“fourth part of something, quarter”). Doublet of quadrans. Topics Mathematics & Measurement External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # quadrant **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkwɑ.dɹənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkwɒd.ɹənt/ **Frequency rank:** 11846 ## Meanings 1. one of four roughly equal sectors into which a plane, circle, area, or display is divided ## Examples - We might mount a machine-gun in each quadrant, shooting X-plosive bullets, through pressure gaskets in the walls. ## Derived Forms - four-quadrant - interquadrant - quadrantanopia - quadrantectomy - quadrantic - quadrantlike - quadrantly ## Related Forms - octant - sextant ## Roots and Affixes - Affix: quad- - four ## Etymology From Middle English quadrant, from Old French cadran, quadrant and its etymon Latin quadrāns, -antis (“fourth part of something, quarter”). Doublet of quadrans. ## Topics - Mathematics & Measurement markdown