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QUADRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quadrate mean? 

QUADRATE (noun)
  The noun QUADRATE has 2 senses:

1. a cubelike objectplay

2. a square-shaped objectplay

  Familiarity information: QUADRATE used as a noun is rare.


QUADRATE (adjective)
  The adjective QUADRATE has 1 sense:

1. having four sides and four anglesplay

  Familiarity information: QUADRATE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUADRATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A cubelike object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("quadrate" is a kind of...):

cube; regular hexahedron (a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A square-shaped object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("quadrate" is a kind of...):

foursquare; square ((geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon)

Derivation:

quadratic (involving the second and no higher power of a quantity or degree)


QUADRATE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having four sides and four angles

Similar:

square (having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle)


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