quad·rate /ˈkwɑˌdret, drət/
 (a.)正方形的,方形的正方形,方形骨(vt.)使適合,使一致


 quadrate
 平方; 二次; 正方形


 Quad·rate n.
 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°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6.
 3. Anat. The quadrate bone.


 Quad·rate v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quadrated p. pr. & vb. n. Quadrating.]  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.


 Quad·rate a.
 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. “ Quadrate and cubical numbers.”
 3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. [Archaic] “ A quadrate, solid, wise man.”
 4. Squared; suited; correspondent. [Archaic] “ A generical description quadrate to both.”
 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.


 Quad·rate, v. t. To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.

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 quadrate
      adj : having four sides and four angles
      n 1: a cubelike object
      2: a square-shaped object