quadrate

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
2. adjective Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
3. adjective Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
4. adjective Squared; suited; correspondent.
5. noun A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
6. noun An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile.
7. noun The quadrate bone.
8. verb To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.

Similar words

square articulates foursquare quadrilateral quadrangular quadradic rectangular quadrilinear quadrangled squared

Often followed by

and lobe bone with is in or cartilage bones

Word family

quadrates