Quadrature
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Noun
quadrature
- the process of making something square; squaring
- (mathematics{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) the process of constructing a square having the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area
- (astronomy) a situation in which three celestial bodies form a right-angled triangle