Crossword-Solution: QUADRANT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Quadrant | n. | The fourth part; the quarter. |
| Quadrant | n. | The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90¡, or one subtending a right angle at the center. |
| Quadrant | n. | One of the four parts into which a plane is divided by the coordinate axes. The upper right-hand part is the first quadrant; the upper left-hand part the second; the lower left-hand part the third; and the lower right-hand part the fourth quadrant. |
| Quadrant | n. | An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90¡, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction. |
We have 26 clues for the answer “QUADRANT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| FOURTH part of circle | 1 answer |
| Fourth of a disc | 1 answer |
| the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle | 1 answer |
| quarter of a circle | 1 answer |
| a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies | 1 answer |
| Southwest or northeast section, e.g. | 1 answer |
| SEXTANT, forerunner of the | 1 answer |
| One-fourth of a circle | 1 answer |
| Moon or horoscope division | 1 answer |
| MERIDIAN circle, forerunner of the | 1 answer |
| Half a semicircle | 1 answer |
| Forth part of a circle | 1 answer |
| Altitude finder. | 1 answer |
| ANGULAR measure (pert. to) | 1 answer |
| ALTITUDE of stars, instrument to measure the | 1 answer |
| 90-degree arc | 1 answer |
| astronomical instrument | 2 answers |
| quartern | 2 answers |
| Radial | 2 answers |
| Part of a circle | 4 answers |
| Fourth ___ | 5 answers |
| Navigator's aid | 9 answers |
| ANGULAR measure | 20 answers |
| QUARTER | 28 answers |
| INSTRUMENT for measuring | 38 answers |
| MEASURING instrument | 56 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETERA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with QUADRANT (5)
EDIS (since NA 1988); note--resides in the UK _#_Diplomatic representation: none (dependent territory of the UK) _#_Flag: white with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and six blue wavy horizontal stripes bearing a palm tree and yellow crown centered on the outer half of the flag _*_Economy _#_Overview: All economic activity is concentrated on the largest island of Diego Garcia, where joint UK-US defense facilities are located.
WELLS (since NA 1991); note - both reside in the UK Diplomatic representation: none (dependent territory of UK) Flag: white with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and six blue wavy horizontal stripes bearing a palm tree and yellow crown centered on the outer half of the flag :British Indian Ocean Territory Economy Overview: All economic activity is concentrated on the largest island of Diego Garcia, where joint UK-US defense facilities are located.
WELLS (since NA 1991); note - both reside in the UK Diplomatic representation in US: none (dependent territory of UK) Flag: white with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and six blue wavy horizontal stripes bearing a palm tree and yellow crown centered on the outer half of the flag *British Indian Ocean Territory, Economy Overview: All economic activity is concentrated on the largest island of Diego Garcia, where joint UK-US defense facilities are located.
The cook whom we had on board was particularly careful about the ship’s reckoning, and when under the influence of the keen sea-breezes we grew fondly expectant of an instant dinner, the great author of _pilafs_ would be standing on deck with an ancient quadrant in his hands, calmly affecting to take an observation.
Had the secret oozed out? Were they arrested? I got my horse, crossed the brook again, and rode hard back to the Vaea cross roads, whence I was aware of white clothes glancing in the other long straight radius of the quadrant.
Quotes with QUADRANT (3)
This afternoon, being on Fair Haven Hill, I heard the sound of a saw, and soon after from the Cliff saw two men sawing down a noble pine beneath, about forty rods off. I resolved to watch it till it fell, the last of a dozen or more which were left when the forest was cut and for fifteen years have waved in solitary majesty over the sprout-land. I saw them like beavers or insects gnawing at the trunk of this noble tree, the diminutive manikins with their cross-cut saw which c…
There is much of our world, we do not see. So, it is easy to assume nothing exciting happens in our quadrant of space, but we are dead wrong. Crazy, impossible things occur all the time. We simply need to know where to look.
You want her in every quadrant like a desperate fool.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1968–2018).