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quadrate
[ adjective noun kwod-rit, -reyt; verb kwod-reyt ]
adjective
- square or rectangular.
- Zoology. of or relating to the quadrate.
- Heraldry. (of a cross) having an enlarged square at the junction of the limbs:
a cross quadrate.
noun
- a square.
- something square or rectangular.
- Zoology. one 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 Words From
- sub·quadrate adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of quadrate1
Word 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. mínimus, L. Fruiting spike 1–2´ long; achenes quadrate, blunt.—Alluvial 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 King’s remark certainly does not quadrate with Burnet’s statement, that Penn “had a tedious luscious way of talking.”
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 Moses’s Rock in St. Mark’s Church.
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