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   Qatari dirham
         n 1: 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar [syn: {Qatari dirham},
               {dirham}]

English Dictionary: Qatari dirham by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quadrate
adj
  1. having four sides and four angles
n
  1. a cubelike object
  2. a square-shaped object
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quadratic
adj
  1. of or relating to or resembling a square; "quadratic shapes"
  2. of or relating to the second power; "quadratic equation"
n
  1. an equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square
    Synonym(s): quadratic equation, quadratic
  2. a polynomial of the second degree
    Synonym(s): quadratic, quadratic polynomial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quadratic equation
n
  1. an equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square
    Synonym(s): quadratic equation, quadratic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quadratic polynomial
n
  1. a polynomial of the second degree [syn: quadratic, quadratic polynomial]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quadratics
n
  1. a branch of algebra dealing with quadratic equations
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quadrature
n
  1. the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadrat \Quad"rat\, n. [F. quadrat, cadrat. See {Quadrate}.]
      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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadrate \Quad"rate\, n. [L. quadratum. See {Quadrate}, a.]
      1. (Geom.) A plane surface with four equal sides and four
            right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything
            having the outline of a square.
  
                     At which command, the powers militant That stood for
                     heaven, in mighty quadrate joined.      --Milton.
  
      2. (Astrol.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they
            are distant from each other 90[deg], or the quarter of a
            circle; quartile. See the {Note} under {Aspect}, 6.
  
      3. (Anat.) The quadrate bone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadrate \Quad"rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quadrated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Quadrating}.] [See {Quadrate}, a.]
      To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by
      with. [Archaic]
  
               The objections of these speculatists of its forms do
               not quadrate with their theories.            --Burke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadrate \Quad"rate\, a. [L. quadratus squared, p. p. of
      quadrare to make four-cornered, to make square, to square, to
      fit, suit, from quadrus square, quattuor four. See
      {Quadrant}, and cf. {Quadrat}, {Quarry} an arrow, {Square}.]
      1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and
            four right angles; square.
  
                     Figures, some round, some triangle, some quadrate.
                                                                              --Foxe.
  
      2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. [bd]
            Quadrate and cubical numbers.[b8] --Sir T. Browne.
  
      3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. [Archaic] [bd] A
            quadrate, solid, wise man.[b8] --Howell.
  
      4. Squared; suited; correspondent. [Archaic] [bd] A generical
            description quadrate to both.[b8] --Harvey.
  
      {Quadrate bone} (Anat.), a bone between the base of the lower
            jaw and the skull in most vertebrates below the mammals.
            In reptiles and birds it articulates the lower jaw with
            the skull; in mammals it is represented by the malleus or
            incus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadrate \Quad"rate\, v. t.
      To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for
      horizontal firing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadrate \Quad"rate\, a. [L. quadratus squared, p. p. of
      quadrare to make four-cornered, to make square, to square, to
      fit, suit, from quadrus square, quattuor four. See
      {Quadrant}, and cf. {Quadrat}, {Quarry} an arrow, {Square}.]
      1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and
            four right angles; square.
  
                     Figures, some round, some triangle, some quadrate.
                                                                              --Foxe.
  
      2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. [bd]
            Quadrate and cubical numbers.[b8] --Sir T. Browne.
  
      3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. [Archaic] [bd] A
            quadrate, solid, wise man.[b8] --Howell.
  
      4. Squared; suited; correspondent. [Archaic] [bd] A generical
            description quadrate to both.[b8] --Harvey.
  
      {Quadrate bone} (Anat.), a bone between the base of the lower
            jaw and the skull in most vertebrates below the mammals.
            In reptiles and birds it articulates the lower jaw with
            the skull; in mammals it is represented by the malleus or
            incus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadrate \Quad"rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quadrated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Quadrating}.] [See {Quadrate}, a.]
      To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by
      with. [Archaic]
  
               The objections of these speculatists of its forms do
               not quadrate with their theories.            --Burke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadratic \Quad*rat"ic\, a. [Cf. F. quadratique.]
      1. Of or pertaining to a square, or to squares; resembling a
            quadrate, or square; square.
  
      2. (Crystallog.) Tetragonal.
  
      3. (Alg.) Pertaining to terms of the second degree; as, a
            quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the
            unknown quantity is a square.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadratics \Quad*rat"ics\, n. (Alg.)
      That branch of algebra which treats of quadratic equations.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadrate \Quad"rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quadrated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Quadrating}.] [See {Quadrate}, a.]
      To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by
      with. [Archaic]
  
               The objections of these speculatists of its forms do
               not quadrate with their theories.            --Burke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadratojugal \Quad*ra`to*ju"gal\, a. (Anat.)
      (a) Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.
      (b) Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone. -- n. The
            quadratojugal bone.
  
      {Quadratojugal bone} (Anat.), a bone at the base of the lower
            jaw in many animals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadratojugal \Quad*ra`to*ju"gal\, a. (Anat.)
      (a) Of or pertaining to the quadrate and jugal bones.
      (b) Of or pertaining to the quadratojugal bone. -- n. The
            quadratojugal bone.
  
      {Quadratojugal bone} (Anat.), a bone at the base of the lower
            jaw in many animals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadratrix \Quad*ra"trix\, n.; pl. {-trixes}, or {-trices}.
      [NL.] (Geom.)
      A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the
      quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadrature \Quad"ra*ture\, n. [L. quadratura: cf. F. quadrature.
      See {Quadrate}, a.]
      1. (Math.) 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.
  
      2. A quadrate; a square. --Milton.
  
      3. (Integral Calculus) 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.
  
      4. (Astron.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to
            another when distant from it 90[deg], or a quarter of a
            circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the
            points of conjunction and opposition.
  
      {Quadrature of the moon} (Astron.), the position of the moon
            when one half of the disk is illuminated.
  
      {Quadrature of an orbit} (Astron.), a point in an orbit which
            is at either extremity of the latus rectum drawn through
            the empty focus of the orbit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadrature \Quad"ra*ture\, n. [L. quadratura: cf. F. quadrature.
      See {Quadrate}, a.]
      1. (Math.) 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.
  
      2. A quadrate; a square. --Milton.
  
      3. (Integral Calculus) 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.
  
      4. (Astron.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to
            another when distant from it 90[deg], or a quarter of a
            circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the
            points of conjunction and opposition.
  
      {Quadrature of the moon} (Astron.), the position of the moon
            when one half of the disk is illuminated.
  
      {Quadrature of an orbit} (Astron.), a point in an orbit which
            is at either extremity of the latus rectum drawn through
            the empty focus of the orbit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadrature \Quad"ra*ture\, n. [L. quadratura: cf. F. quadrature.
      See {Quadrate}, a.]
      1. (Math.) 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.
  
      2. A quadrate; a square. --Milton.
  
      3. (Integral Calculus) 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.
  
      4. (Astron.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to
            another when distant from it 90[deg], or a quarter of a
            circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the
            points of conjunction and opposition.
  
      {Quadrature of the moon} (Astron.), the position of the moon
            when one half of the disk is illuminated.
  
      {Quadrature of an orbit} (Astron.), a point in an orbit which
            is at either extremity of the latus rectum drawn through
            the empty focus of the orbit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quadridentate \Quad`ri*den"tate\, a. [Quadri- + dentate.]
      Having four teeth; as, a quadridentate leaf.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   QTRADER
  
      Analytical software for stock and commodity
      trading, released in July 1995 by {Caribou CodeWorks}.
  
      QTRADER allows dynamic automated analysis of current trends
      and features "Paper Trade" plotting, as well as "TradeSignal
      Bands" and "StudyMatrix" filter to screen potential trades.
      Projected ranges are handled with a "Tomorrow's Bar".
  
      QTRADER version 3.0 runs on {IBM PC}-compatibles, a
      {Macintosh} version is not available until late 1996.
  
      {Demo copy (http://www.winternet.com/~jottis)}.
      {(ftp://ftp.winternet.com/users/jottis)}.
  
      (1995-11-05)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
  
      (QAM) A method for encoding digital data in an analog signal
      in which each combination of phase and amplitude represents
      one of sixteen four bit patterns.   This is required for fax
      transmission at 9600 bits per second.
  
      (1995-02-02)
  
  
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