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Webster 1913 Edition
Quadrat
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Quadrat
QUAD'RAT
,Noun.
1.
In printing, a piece of metal used to fill the void spaces between words, &c. Quadrats are of different sizes; as m-quadrats, &c.2.
A mathematical instrument, called also a geometrical square, and line of shadows.Definition 2024
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English
Noun
quadrat (plural quadrats)
- (sciences) An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc. While originally rectangular, modern quadrats can be rectangular, circular, irregular, etc. (e.g.: Krebs, C.J., 1999. Ecological Methodology. Addison-Welsey Educational Publishing, Inc., Menlo Park, California; Wheater, C.P., Bell, J.R., Cook, P.A., 2011. Practical Field Ecology: A Project Guide. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, West Sussex, England.)
Etymology 2
1683. Probably from French cadrat or Italian quadrato (“square”), originally from Latin quadrātum (“square”). So called because the basic quadrat, the em quadrat, has a square face, having the same width as the height of a line of type.
Noun
quadrat (plural quadrats)
- (letterpress typography, obsolete) A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type.
- 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the art of Printing., v 2, p 222–23:
- If his Title be ſhort, he Sets it in the middle of the Line, by Setting Quadrats on both ſides: If his Title be long, he Sets the middle Line in the middle: If it make three or more Lines, he Indents the firſt with an m Quadrat, and the other with two m Quadrats.
- 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the art of Printing., v 2, p 222–23: