Quadrature is a 10 letter word which starts with the letter Q and ends with the letter E for which we found 4 definitions.
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(a.) The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; as the quadrature of a circle; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved line as by a curve two ordinates and the axis of abscissas. |
(a.) A quadrate; a square. |
(a.) The integral used in obtaining the area bounded by a curve; hence the definite integral of the product of any function of one variable into the differential of that variable. |
(a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90ยก or a quarter of a circle as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition. |