quadrant
/ˈkwɑdrənt/
noun
- One of four equal parts into which a plane, area, or circle is divided.
- The city is divided into four quadrants: northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.
- The garden was split into quadrants, each with a different type of flower.
- In math class, we learned how to plot points in each quadrant of the coordinate plane.
- An instrument used for measuring angles, especially in astronomy or navigation.
- He carefully adjusted the quadrant to measure the angle of the star.
- Early sailors used a quadrant to find their latitude at sea.
- The museum displayed a brass quadrant used by 18th-century astronomers.
- A quarter of a circle or of its circumference.
- The arc of the quadrant measured exactly 90 degrees.
- A right angle is formed by two lines that cut a circle into a quadrant.
- She drew a quadrant on the paper to show the angle.