Quadrant vs Quadrangle - What's the difference?
quadrant | quadrangle |
One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
(mathematics) The four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.
(geometry) One fourth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 90°.
(nautical) A measuring device with a graduated arc of 90° used in locating an altitude.
(geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
A courtyard which is quadrangular.
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The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
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As nouns the difference between quadrant and quadrangle
is that quadrant is quadrant (region of the cartesian plane) while quadrangle is (geometry) a geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.quadrant
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(wikipedia quadrant)Alternative forms
* quadraunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)See also
* octant * sextant ----quadrangle
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(wikipedia quadrangle)Noun
(en noun)- I looked up from my desk and saw that suddenly there were big flakes twirling down into the quadrangle , settling on the carefully pruned shrubbery bordering the crosswalks, the three elms still holding many of their leaves, the still-green lawns.
- The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School.