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Definition of "quadratures" []

  • Plural form of quadrature. (noun)

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Use "quadratures" in a sentence
  • "And whereas you taxe me, that I cannot live here without capitall sin; farre is the thought thereof from me: for, here I am regarded as the wife of Pagamino, but at Pisa, you reputed me not worthy your society: because, by the point of the Moone, and the quadratures of Geometrie; the"
  • "John Wallis (1616–1703) published Arithmetica infinitorum, which studied infinite series and infinite products, solved problems of quadratures, and found tangents by use of infinitesimals."
  • "When near opposition the full disc of the planet is visible, but at all other times it is gibbous, and approaches nearest to that of a half-moon when at the quadratures."