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Can anyone tell me what a Quadrat is ?
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#17396. Asked by rowan.
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Noble
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Used in describing an area on a persons torso. Upper right quadrant. In what context are you using the word 'quadrent'?
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Brainy Blonde
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1.Printing. A piece of type metal lower than the raised typeface, used for filling spaces and blank lines. Also called quad2. 2.Ecology. Any of a group of small, usually rectangular plots of land arranged for close study of the distribution of plants or animals in an area. (Middle English, a square geometric instrument, rectangular area. See quadrate.) 1. A block of type metal lower than the letters,-- used in spacing and in blank lines. 2. An old instrument used for taking {altitudes;} -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows. See: http://www.dictionary.com
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