Definition of Quadrants

1. Noun. (plural of quadrant) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quadrants

1. quadrant [n] - See also: quadrant

Medical Definition of Quadrants

1. The four parts of your mouth, that is the upper left, the upper right, the lower left, and the lower right. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadrants

quadrangularly
quadrangulation
quadrangulations
quadrans
quadrant
quadrant plate
quadrantal
quadrantally
quadrantals
quadrantanopia
quadrantanopias
quadrantes
quadrantic
quadrantic hemianopia
quadrantic scotoma
quadrants (current term)
quadraphonic
quadraphonic system
quadraphonics
quadraphony
quadrasonic
quadrat
quadrate
quadrate ligament
quadrate lobe
quadrate lobule
quadrate muscle
quadrate muscle of loins
quadrate muscle of sole
quadrate muscle of thigh

Literary usage of Quadrants

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"When the instrument is to be used to determine the potential difference between two conductors, they are connected to the two opposite pairs of quadrants. ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"When the instrument is to be used to determine the potential difference between two conductors, they are connected to the two opposite pairs of quadrants. ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1890)
"The electrometer case is circular and the above needle and quadrants are arranged so that the magnetized mirror is at the centre of the case, and the needle ..."

4. The Theory and Practice of Absolute Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism by Andrew Gray (1888)
"53, the four quadrants of the flat- ring are replaced by four quadrants ... For three of the quadrants the stem passes through a slot in the cover and is ..."

5. Plane Trigonometry with Practical Applications by Leonard Eugene Dickson (1922)
"Trigonometric position of an angle; the four quadrants. When, as in Figs. 59—61, an angle 10 T is placed so that its initial side 01 is horizontal and is ..."

6. Plane Trigonometry and Applications by Ernest Julius Wilczynski (1914)
"The four quadrants. The x- and y-axes divide the plane into four portions called quadrants. The quadrant bounded by the positive x- and y-axes is usually ..."

7. A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts by Thomas Young (1845)
"For ascertaining, by immediate measurement, the position of any of the heavenly bodies, it is usual to determine its meridian altitude by quadrants, ..."

8. A Text-book of Coal-mining by Herbert William Hughes (1892)
"quadrants.—For any type of horizontal engine fixed at the surface, quadrants ... If two lifts are used, quadrants are placed on opposite sides of the shaft, ..."

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