Usually means: Numerical computation of area, integral.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. quadrature: Merriam-Webster
  2. quadrature: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. quadrature: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. quadrature: Collins English Dictionary
  5. quadrature: Vocabulary.com
  6. Quadrature, quadrature: Wordnik
  7. quadrature: Wiktionary
  8. quadrature: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. quadrature: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. quadrature: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. quadrature: Dictionary.com
  12. Quadrature (astronomy), Quadrature (disambiguation), Quadrature (mathematics), Quadrature: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Quadrature: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. quadrature: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. quadrature: Rhymezone
  16. Quadrature: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. quadrature: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. quadrature: FreeDictionary.org
  19. quadrature: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. quadrature: Mnemonic Dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. quadrature: CCI Computer
  2. Quadrature (mathematics), quadrature: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Quadrature: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. Mars Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Quadrature: Extragalactic Astronomy
  4. quadrature: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (quadrature)

noun:  The process of making something square; squaring.
noun:  (mathematics) The act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area.
noun:  (mathematics, numerical analysis) The calculation of a definite integral by numerical means.
noun:  (mathematics, mathematical analysis) The act or process of solving an indefinite integral by symbolic means.
noun:  (astronomy) A situation in which the directions of two celestial bodies (or a celestial body and the Sun) form a right angle from the perspective of the observer.
noun:  (physics) The condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°.
noun:  (art) A painting painted on a wooden panel.

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