northeast quadrant

collocation in English

meaningsofnortheastandquadrant

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northeast
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˌnɔːθˈiːst/us
/ˌnɔːrθˈiːst/
in or towards ...
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quadrant
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkwɒd.rənt/us
/ˈkwɑː.drənt/
mathematicsspecialized
a quarter of ...
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For example, a point in thenortheastquadrantshows the case where antidepressants were more costly and more effective than counseling.
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The majority (82 percent) of the cost-effect pairs after bootstrap analysis were located in thenortheastquadrant, suggesting more effect but at higher costs.
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The majority (82 percent) of the cost-effect pairs after bootstrap analysis are located in thenortheastquadrantof the cost-effectiveness plane, suggesting greater effect but at higher costs.
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The strongest winds were located in thenortheastquadrant, where there was a secondary pressure minimum located 62mi km northeast of the eye.
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His district covered twenty-four parishes in roughly thenortheastquadrantof the state but stretched much further south as a result of the 2010 census.
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Thereafter, a dramatic increase in convection occurred over thenortheastquadrantof the system.
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Thenortheastquadrantof the city is the poorest while the southwest is wealthier.
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Thenortheastquadrantis covered by 52402 and 52411.
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Much of the floor is hilly and irregular, with only thenortheastquadrantbeing somewhat level.
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It runs along the three named north-south streets in thenortheastquadrantof the city and includes 250 buildings in its 1010 acres.
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The city's northwest quadrant would be a middle class and affluent residential area, whereas thenortheastquadrantwould be for the city's wage-workers.
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Thenortheastquadrantis a mainly commercial and civic area, the result of redevelopment in the early 1960s.
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By this time, all the convection activity was restricted to thenortheastquadrantof the system.
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The interior floor is relatively level, with a dark patch in thenortheastquadrantthat is characteristic of a lava-flooded surface.
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Sections of the interior floor are relatively smooth and level, but the surface is rough and irregular in thenortheastquadrant.
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The area of heavy rain is generally located in thenortheastquadrantapproximately 5 of latitude (or 555 km) from the eye.
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Hurricanes typically spawn tornadoes within theirnortheastquadrant.
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The most widely accepted pattern is to start at the center and work outward towards thenortheastquadrantfrom the point.
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A former cloverleaf ramp in thenortheastquadrant(seen in operation) is now a stub ramp.
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As is the case with the other counties in the state, the route numbers start in thenortheastquadrantand go clockwise from the 1000s to the 4000s.
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