| 单词 |
squadrant |
| 释义 |
† ˈsquadrant, n. and a. Obs.
[ad. It. squadrante, pres. pple. of squadrare to square.]
A. n.
1. A square piece of something; a side of a square. Cf. quadrant n.2 2 and 2 b.
1595Locrine ii. v. 5 How brauely this yoong Brittain.., Mouing the massie squadrants of the ground, Heapes hills on hills. 1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 128/2 Put all this together in a little bagge, a qu. of an Elle in his squadrant.
2. A squadron of soldiers or ships.
1614Sir R. Dudley in Fortescue Papers (Camden) 11 His Majesty maye make as manye of these as he please for his safetye and strenthe, but lesse then 6 were no fitt squadrant.
B. adj. Of a square form.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 310/2 Applye..theron a squadrante boulster moystened in wine. 1642Bird Mag. Hon. 136 A List shall be made in an even and plain ground, then Squadrant, that is to say, every Square 60 foot East, West, North, and South. |
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