quadrat

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.
  2. A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type. obsolete
    — If his Title be ſhort, he Sets it in the middle of the Line, by Setting Quadrats on both ſides: If his Title be long, he Sets the middle Line in the middle: If it make three or more Lines, he Indents the firſt with an m Quadrat, and the other with two m Quadrats.
  3. A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged.
动词 v.
  1. To place a quadrat, or divide into quadrats.

词形变化

quadrats plural quadrats present,singular,third-person quadratting participle,present quadratted participle,past quadratted past quadrats plural

词汇关系

衍生词
quad

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrate and of etymology 2 below.
词源 2
Attested since 1683. Possibly from French cadrat or Italian quadrato (“square”), from Latin quadrātum (“square”). Doublet of quadrate and of etymology 1 above. So called because the basic quadrat, the em quadrat, has a square face, having the same width as the height of a line of type.
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