quadrature

• ⇰ वर्गकरण

• ⇰ The act of squaring; the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure; <as>as, the <ex>quadrature</ex> of a circle</as>; the operation of finding an expression for the area of a figure bounded wholly or in part by a curved lin
• ⇰ A quadrate; a square.
• ⇰ The integral used in obtaining the area bounded by a curve; hence, the definite integral of the product of any function of one variable into the differential of that variable.
• ⇰ The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90&deg;, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition.