Definition of quadrant:

part of speech: noun

Quarter of a circle; arc of 90°; instrument for taking altitudes.

Common misspellings * :

• quadrent (56.7%)
• quaderant (6.7%)
• quandrant (6.7%)
• quadrqant (6.7%)
• quardrant (13.3%)
• quadrint (10.0%)

Usage examples :

• It will therefore continue in its path and move round another quadrant of the circle without getting nearer to the surface. "The Story of the Heavens", - Robert Stawell Ball

• And she cut into the pie and helped the Colonel to a quadrant of it. "The Valley of the Giants", - Peter B. Kyne

• It is all very well for a few short streets, for a square or two, for a quadrant like that of Regent Street, or a crescent or circus like those of Bath or Edinburgh. "America To-day, Observations and Reflections", - William Archer

• Nor was the bow without its share of hieroglyphics; on one side were displayed a bee- hive, a bale of cotton, and a crate of crockery; and on the other, a globe, an anchor, a quadrant and a chart partly unrolled. "An Old Sailor's Yarns", - Nathaniel Ames