Definition of quadratenext
as in square
having four equal sides and four right angles the four museum buildings surround a quadrate courtyard that is formally landscaped

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Recent Examples of quadrate Its skull also showed reduced articulations between key bones and a shallow quadrate angle, both of which are associated with piscivory. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
  • Nathan Rich and Miriam Peterson, architects on the project, said the 12,000-square-foot space is actually made up of five separate spaces.
    Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 May 2026
  • In the first block of Buckeye Lane, in May 2025, a 1,911-square-foot single-family house was sold for $2,750,000, a price per square foot of $1,439.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Adjective
  • How to ignore the rectangular stain on the wall, where an air conditioner unit had been ripped out.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Shop the rug in three colors and in a variety of round, rectangular, and runner shapes.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • For example, our closest relatives, the chimpanzees, have brains that average just 400 cubic centimeters; the average adult human brain takes up about 1,350 cubic centimeters.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The one-million-cubic-meter-level salt cavern hydrogen storage demonstration project began operation in Pingdingshan on Saturday, signaling progress in solving one of hydrogen energy’s biggest challenges.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026

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“Quadrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrate. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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