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Quadrat definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUAD'RAT, n. [L. quadratus, squared.]
1. In printing, a piece of metal used to fill the void spaces between words, etc. Quadrats are of different sizes; as m-quadrats, etc.
2. A mathematical instrument, called also a geometrical square, and line of shadows.

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: alteration of ²quadrate Date: 1683 1. quad II 2. a usually rectangular plot used for ecological or population studies

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Ecol. a small area marked out for study. Etymology: var. of QUADRATE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quadrat Quad"rat, n. [F. quadrat, cadrat. See Quadrate.] 1. (Print.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines. [Abbrev. quad.] 2. An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows.

Moby Thesaurus

acres, chattels real, demesne, domain, em, em quad, en, en quad, five-em space, four-em space, grounds, hair space, honor, justification space, justifying space, land, landed property, lands, lot, lots, manor, messuage, parcel, patent space, plat, plot, praedium, property, quad, real estate, real property, realty, slug, space, spaceband, tenements, thick space, thin space, toft