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Word entry · 8 letters

quadrant

Best crossword clue

"Old angle measure"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈkwɒd.ɹənt/Part of speech nounSorted aadnqrtuStarts with QEnds with T2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies

Word origin

From Middle English quadrant, from Old French cadran, quadrant and its etymon Latin quadrāns, -antis (“fourth part of something, quarter”). Doublet of quadrans.

Used in a sentence

  • Ops wanted some initiative, blew up their entire quadrant. I'm movin' like Oppenheimer.
  • There is an outcourt or quadrant, whereof one side is a gallery to walk in, being in length six hundred feet.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Old angle measure8 letters
02Quarter circle area8 letters

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