| a. | 1. | Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square. | |||
| 2. | Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. | ||||
| 3. | Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. | ||||
| 4. | Squared; suited; correspondent.
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| n. | 1. | (Geom.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square. | |||
| 2. | (Astrol.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6. | ||||
| 3. | (Anat.) The quadrate bone. | ||||
| v. i. | 1. | To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; - followed by with. | |||
| v. t. | 1. | To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing. | |||
| Noun | 1. | quadrate - a cubelike object |
| 2. | quadrate - a square-shaped object | |
| Adj. | 1. | quadrate - having four sides and four angles |
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