quadrat

English edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒd.ɹæt/

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrate and of etymology 2 below.

Noun edit

quadrat (plural quadrats)

(sciences) An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

quadrat (third-person singular simple present quadrats, present participle quadratting, simple past and past participle quadratted)

To place a quadrat, or divide into quadrats.

Etymology 2 edit

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Wikipedia

Attested since 1683. Possibly from French cadrat or Italian quadrato (“square”), from Latin quadrātum (“square”). Doublet of quadrate and of etymology 1 above. So called because the basic quadrat, the em quadrat, has a square face, having the same width as the height of a line of type.

Noun edit

quadrat (plural quadrats)

(letterpress typography, obsolete) A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type.
- 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the art of Printing.‎^[1], volume 2, pages 222–23:
  If his Title be ſhort, he Sets it in the middle of the Line, by Setting Quadrats on both ſides: If his Title be long, he Sets the middle Line in the middle: If it make three or more Lines, he Indents the firſt with an m Quadrat, and the other with two m Quadrats.
- 1841, William Savage, A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, page 330:
  The footsticks may be a trifle shorter than the width of two pages and the gutter; for as there should always be a line of quadrats, or a reglet cut to measure, at the foot of each page, the footstick may be a pica shorter without danger, on this account, of any thing falling out, when the form is lifted and it thus prevents the side and foot sticks from binding when locked up.
(Egyptology) A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged.