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Alternating vs Quadrature - What's the difference?

alternating | quadrature |

As a verb alternating

is .

As a adjective alternating

is that alternates.

As a noun quadrature is

the process of making something square; squaring.

alternating

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that alternates
  • (mathematics, of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
  • (mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.

    • Derived terms

    * alternating current

    quadrature

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of making something square; squaring.
  • (mathematics) The act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area.
  • The act or process of finding the indefinite integral.
  • (astronomy) a situation in which three celestial bodies form a right-angled triangle, the observer being located at the right angle
    • When the Moon is in quadrature, it appears in the sky as a half-moon.
  • (physics) the condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°.
  • (arts) A painting painted on a wooden panel.

    • Derived terms

    * quadratural