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quadrate
[kwod-rit, -reyt, kwod-reyt]
adjective
square or rectangular.
Zoology.Ģżof or relating to the quadrate.
Heraldry.Ģż(of a cross) having an enlarged square at the junction of the limbs.
a cross quadrate.
noun
a square.
something square or rectangular.
Zoology.Ģżone of a pair of bones in the skulls of many lower vertebrates, to which the lower jaw is articulated.
verb (used with object)
to cause to conform or harmonize; adapt.
verb (used without object)
to agree; conform.
quadrate
noun
a cube, square, or a square or cubelike object
one of a pair of bones of the upper jaw of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and birds that articulates with the lower jaw. In mammals it forms the incus
adjective
of or relating to this bone
square or rectangular
verb
(tr) to make square or rectangular
(often foll by with) to conform or cause to conform
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- subquadrate adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of quadrate1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of quadrate1
Example Sentences
Foxes pause ghostlike on the permafrost.With one quadrate eye, the vault reflects a frigid blue sea.
M. mĆnimus, L. Fruiting spike 1ā2Ā“ long; achenes quadrate, blunt.āAlluvial ground, Ill. and Ky., thence south and west.
The free surfaces of the upper teeth are quadrate, except the first and last, which are nearly triangular.
The Kingās remark certainly does not quadrate with Burnetās statement, that Penn āhad a tedious luscious way of talking.ā
The English would do well to make a Present of it to the Republic of Venice, where this Stone would quadrate exactly with the Piece of Mosesās Rock in St. Markās Church.
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