noun
quadrant
KWAH-drunt/ˈkwɑːdrənt/
A quarter of a circular area.
One quadrant of the circle is gold; the others are pale blue.
Etymology
Latin quadrans meant a fourth part. Applied to a circle, that fraction gives a 90-degree section—the geometric model for one of four equal divisions.
In context
when you do a four square grid like this especially when at a giant scale like the scale of Philadelphia you begin to get quadrants and each quadrant gets a square in the middle of it
More examples
- Two perpendicular diameters divide a circle into four quadrants.
- She shades the upper right quadrant of the disk.
- The sprinkler waters one quadrant of the circular lawn.
Forms
quadrant · quadrants