as in square
having four equal sides and four right angles the four museum buildings surround a quadrate courtyard that is formally landscaped

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Recent Examples of quadrate Its skull also showed reduced articulations between key bones and a shallow quadrate angle, both of which are associated with piscivory. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
  • Spanning 17,000 square feet across two floors, the first big reveal for fans is the fountain and orange couch from the show’s opening credits.
    Nevin Martell, USA Today, 27 May 2025
  • The studio was established in 2021 and encompasses more than 300,000 square feet of production space.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • The Siesta's rectangular cut makes for a much roomier, more comfortable bag.
    Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 25 May 2025
  • Indianapolis 500 Stats First Indianapolis 500: 1911 Circuit Length: 2.5-mile, rectangular oval including two long straights, four 90-degree turns and two short chutes.
    Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • At the top of the Guggenheim’s ramp, the upper level is dedicated to a sprawling installation of open cubic shelves that look like highly refined cubbyholes.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
  • Built with Italian design and chassis engineering partnered with a 327 cubic inch Chevrolet Corvette V8, the Grifo could hit 60mph in five seconds and run on to a 190mph top speed.
    Michael Taylor, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025

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“Quadrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrate. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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