quadrature
QUADRATURE
quadratura (e.g. circuli Apul.).
quadratura (e.g. circuli Apul.).
quadrature:
I. The process of squaring. quadrātūra: esp. the q. of the circle, circuli q., Apul. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 37.
II. In astron., the being distant 90°. quadrātum: they call these (positions) quadratures, ea quadrata nominant, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89 esp. the phr. in q. with: the moon is halved when in q. with the sun: luna in quadrato solis dividua est, Plin. 2, 18, 16.
I. The process of squaring. quadrātūra: esp. the q. of the circle, circuli q., Apul. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 37.
II. In astron., the being distant 90°. quadrātum: they call these (positions) quadratures, ea quadrata nominant, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89 esp. the phr. in q. with: the moon is halved when in q. with the sun: luna in quadrato solis dividua est, Plin. 2, 18, 16.