Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of making something square; squaring.

    Quadrieren

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area.

    Quadratur

    квадрату́раkvadratúra

    the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure

  3. (countable, uncountable)The calculation of a definite integral by numerical means.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of solving an indefinite integral by symbolic means.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A situation in which the directions of two celestial bodies (or a celestial body and the Sun) form a right angle from the perspective of the observer.

    When the Moon is in quadrature, it appears in the sky as a half-moon.

    Quadratur

  6. (countable, uncountable)The condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A painting painted on a wooden panel.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. As π is transcendental, the quadrature of a circle - a classical problem in geometry - is impossible.

    Оскільки π трансцендентне, квадратура кола — класична задача геометрії — не має розв'язків. — deniko

    ruПоскольку π трансцендентно, квадратура круга — классическая задача геометрии — неразрешима. — Ooneykcall

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
mathematics:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
squaring:
mathematics:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin quadrātūra.

Borrowed from Latin quadrātūra.

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Forms

plural: quadratures
Singularquadrature
Pluralquadratures

regular

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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