quadrat

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.
2. verb To place a quadrat, or divide into quadrats.
3. noun A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type.
4. noun A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged.

Similar words

quadrant quadrangulation macroplot quadrisector zona terrain planate quadrature of the circle set square zone

Often followed by

size is sampling was method and analysis in of

Word family

quadrats