quadrature
- Noun. the process of making something square; squaring.
- Noun. (mathematics) [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Quadrature.html].
- Noun. (astronomy) a situation in which three celestial bodies form a right-angled triangle, the observer being located at the right angle.
- 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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