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QUADRATURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quadrature mean?
• QUADRATURE (noun)
The noun QUADRATURE has 1 sense:
1. the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
Familiarity information: QUADRATURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("quadrature" is a kind of...):
construction (drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem)
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