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Definition of quadrate : 1. A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
2. 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. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
4. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
5. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
6. Squared; suited; correspondent.
7. The quadrate bone.
8. To adjust ( a gun) on its carriage; also, to train ( a gun) for horizontal firing.
9. To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; - followed by with.

Synonyms:

square, foursquare, geometry

Usage examples:

• The lower jaw of the mosasaur was jointed; the quadrate bone, which in all reptiles connects the bone of the lower jaw with the skull, was movable, and as in snakes the lower jaw could be used in thrusting prey down the throat. - "The Elements of Geology", William Harmon Norton.