Definitions for quadratˈkwɒd rət
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
quad•ratˈkwɒd rət(n.)
Category: Printing
Ref: quad2 (def. 1). 1 2 1
a square or rectangular plot of land marked off for the study of plants and animals.
Category: Ecology
Origin of quadrat:
1675–85; var. of quadrate
Webster Dictionary
Quadrat(noun)
a block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines
Quadrat(noun)
an old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows
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