Quadrature
Definition of Quadrature
Quad´ra`ture
n.
1.
(Math.)
The
act
of
squaring
;
the
finding
of
a
square
having
the
same
area
as
some
given
curvilinear
figure
;
as
,
the
quadrature
of
a
circle
;
the
operation
of
finding
an
expression
for
the
area
of
a
figure
bounded
wholly
or
in
part
by
a
curved
line
,
as
by
a
curve
,
two
ordinates
,
and
the
axis
of
abscissas
.
2.
A
quadrate
;
a
square
.
3.
(Integral Calculus)
The
integral
used
in
obtaining
the
area
bounded
by
a
curve
;
hence
,
the
definite
integral
of
the
product
of
any
function
of
one
variable
into
the
differential
of
that
variable
.
4.
(Astron.)
The
position
of
one
heavenly
body
in
respect
to
another
when
distant
from
it
90°,
or
a
quarter
of
a
circle
,
as
the
moon
when
at
an
equal
distance
from
the
points
of
conjunction
and
opposition
.
Quadrature of the moon
(Astron.)
the
position
of
the
moon
when
one
half
of
the
disk
is
illuminated
.
Quadrature of an orbit
(Astron.)
a
point
in
an
orbit
which
is
at
either
extremity
of
the
latus
rectum
drawn
through
the
empty
focus
of
the
orbit
.
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