Noun
quadrat (plural quadrats)
1683. Probably from French cadrat or Italian quadrato, originally from Latin quadrātum. Nounquadrat (plural quadrats)
- (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, [http://books.google.com/books?id=npQtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA222&q=quadrat#PPA223,M1 p 222–23]:
- If his Title be ſhort, he Sets it in the middle of the Line, by Setting Quadrats on both ſides: If his Title be long, he Sets the middle Line in the middle: If it make three or more Lines, he Indents the firſt with an m Quadrat, and the other with two m Quadrats.
- 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the art of Printing., v 2, [http://books.google.com/books?id=npQtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA222&q=quadrat#PPA223,M1 p 222–23]:
- (Egyptology) A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged.
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