Quadrature vs Quadratrix - What's the difference?
quadrature | quadratrix |
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
(physics) the condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°.
(arts) A painting painted on a wooden panel.
(mathematics) A curve having ordinates which are a measure of the area (or quadrature) of another curve.
In mathematics|lang=en terms the difference between quadrature and quadratrix
is that quadrature is (mathematics) the act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area while quadratrix is (mathematics) a curve having ordinates which are a measure of the area (or quadrature) of another curve.As nouns the difference between quadrature and quadratrix
is that quadrature is the process of making something square; squaring while quadratrix is (mathematics) a curve having ordinates which are a measure of the area (or quadrature) of another curve.quadrature
English
Noun
(en noun)- When the Moon is in quadrature, it appears in the sky as a half-moon.
