quadrat

[ kwod-ruh t ]

/ ˈkwɒd rət /

Printing. quad²(def 1).

Ecology. a square or rectangular plot of land marked off for the study of plants and animals.

Origin of quadrat

First recorded in 1675–85; variant of quadrate

The rote of the most quadrat conteynede vndre the nombre proposede.

The Earliest Arithmetics in English |Anonymous
The German is No. 30 Quadrat, which is rendered approximately by the above.

The Letters of a Post-Impressionist |Vincent Van Gogh
The lesse thus, If the rote of the more be brought Into the quadrat of the lesse.

The Earliest Arithmetics in English |Anonymous
Cubike is at nombre at comythe of ledynge of hym-selfe twyes, or ones in his quadrat.

The Earliest Arithmetics in English |Anonymous

The more meene thus, as to brynge the rote of the lesse into a quadrat of the more.

The Earliest Arithmetics in English |Anonymous

quadrat

/ (ˈkwɒdrət) /

ecology an area of vegetation, often one square metre, marked out for study of the plants in the surrounding area

the frame used to mark out such an area

C14 (meaning "a square"): variant of quadrate