quadrat

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: quad=rat

CIDE DICTIONARY

quadrat, n. [F. quadrat, cadrat. See Quadrate.].

•  A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines.  [1913 Webster]
•  An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quadrat, n. Ecol. a small area marked out for study.

Etymology

var. of QUADRATE

THESAURUS

quadrat

acres, chattels real, demesne, domain, em, em quad, en, en quad, five-em space, four-em space, grounds, hair space, honor, justification space, justifying space, land, landed property, lands, lot, lots, manor, messuage, parcel, patent space, plat, plot, praedium, property, quad, real estate, real property, realty, slug, space, spaceband, tenements, thick space, thin space, toft