quadrant
noun
a quarter of a circle; an arc of 90°.
quadrantal
-
a word derived from
quadrant.
Example Sentences
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The light talent weighed one quadrantal, according to the estimate of the Chaldæans, i. e.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
Above the arches of the nave are small double round-headed openings into a very narrow triforium walk, which is vaulted, as at Gloucester, with a quadrantal arch.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé
The immensely-too-large magnets used formerly as compass needles, through a mistaken notion, apparently, that more directive force would be got by their means, rendered the quadrantal adjustment an impossibility.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray
The errors of the compass in an iron ship are mainly the semicircular error and the quadrantal error.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray
I suggested to Monsieur Pin and others a quadrantal gate, turning on a pivot, and lifted by a lever like a pump-handle, aided by a windlass and cord, if necessary.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
