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QUADRATURE (from Lat. quadratura, a making square)

QUADRATURE (from
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Lat. quadratura, a making square) , in

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ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, that aspect of a heavenly

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BODY

body in which it makes a right

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ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle with the direction of the

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sun; applied especially to the apparent position of a

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PLANET (Gr. ssXavirrns, a wanderer)

planet, or of the

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moon at first and last quarters . In

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MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

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QUADRATURE (from Lat. quadratura, a making square)

quadrature is the determination of a square equal to the

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AREA

area of a

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CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve or other figure .

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