quadrant
noun[C]
uk/ˈkwɒd.rənt/us/ˈkwɑː.drənt/quadrantnoun[C](QUARTER)
mathematicsspecialized
aquarterof acircle
四分之一圆周![picture of quadrant picture of quadrant](https://dictionary.cambridge.org//images/thumb/quadra_noun_002_29759.jpg?version=5.0.287)
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aquarterof anarea:
四分之一区域Theriverrunsthrough thesouthwestquadrant of thecity.那河流流经城市的西南部。
Geometry: parts of geometrical shapes
- -sided
- angle
- axes
- axis
- bulky
- chord
- conic
- corresponding sides
- frustum
- hemisphere
- hypotenuse
- perimeter
- plane
- section
- symmetrical
- symmetrically
- symmetry
- tan
- ultra-dense
- vertex
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Fractions
quadrantnoun[C](DEVICE)
sailingspecialized
adeviceformeasuringtheheightofstarsin theskythat was used in the past forcalculatingdirectionswhentravellingacrossthesea
(天文)象限仪Navigation & shipwrecks
- astrolabe
- buoy
- chart
- circumnavigation
- foghorn
- lane
- lighthouse
- narrows
- navigability
- navigable
- navigational
- passage
- pilot
- refloat
- sextant
- sonar
- submersible
- the doldrums
- the Pole Star
- yaw