Found 3 items, similar to quadrant.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: quadrant kuadran
English → English (WordNet) Definition: quadrant quadrant n 1: a quarter of the circumference of a circle [syn: right angle ] 2: a quarter of the circumference of a circle [syn: quarter-circle] 3: any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes 4: the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle 5: a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies
English → English (gcide) Definition: quadrant Octant \Oc"tant\, n. [L. octans, -antis. fr. octo eight. See Octave.] 1. (Geom.) The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron. & Astrol.) The position or aspect of a heavenly body, as the moon or a planet, when half way between conjunction, or opposition, and quadrature, or distant from another body 45 degrees. [1913 Webster] 3. An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9O[deg], but being itself the eighth part of a circle. Cf. Sextant. [1913 Webster] 4. (Math. & Crystallog.) One of the eight parts into which a space is divided by three co["o]rdinate planes. [1913 Webster]