Quadrat vs Quadranthttps - What's the difference?
quadrat | quadranthttps |
Quadranthttps has no English definition.
(sciences) An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc. While originally rectangular, modern quadrats can be rectangular, circular, irregular, etc. (e.g.: Krebs, C.J., 1999. Ecological Methodology. Addison-Welsey Educational Publishing, Inc., Menlo Park, California; Wheater, C.P., Bell, J.R., Cook, P.A., 2011. Practical Field Ecology: A Project Guide. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, West Sussex, England.)
(metal type, obsolete) A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type.
* 1683 , Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the art of Printing. , v 2,
Quadranthttps is likely misspelled.
Quadranthttps has no English definition.
As a noun quadrat
is an area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc. While originally rectangular, modern quadrats can be rectangular, circular, irregular, etc. (e.g.: Krebs, C.J., 1999. Ecological Methodology. Addison-Welsey Educational Publishing, Inc., Menlo Park, California; Wheater, C.P., Bell, J.R., Cook, P.A., 2011. Practical Field Ecology: A Project Guide. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, West Sussex, England..quadrat
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
1683. Probably from (etyl) cadrat or (etyl) . So called because the basic quadrat, the em quadrat, has a square face, having the same width as the height of a line of type.Noun
(en noun)p 222–23:
- If his Title'' be ?hort, he ''Sets'' it in the middle of the ''Line'', by ''Setting Quadrats''''' on both ?ides: If his ''Title'' be long, he ''Sets'' the middle ''Line'' in the middle: If it make three or more ''Lines'', he ''Indents'' the fir?t with an m '''''Quadrat''''', and the other with two m '''''Quadrats .