|  quadrant 
 
 1. a quarter of the circumference of a circle
 • Syn:
 quarter-circle
 • Hypernyms:
 line
 2. any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes
 • Hypernyms:
 area, country
 3. the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle
 • Hypernyms:
 area, country
 4. a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies
 • Hypernyms:
 measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
 
 
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