quad|rat

quad|rat
quad|rat «KWOD ruht», noun.
1. Printing. a piece of metal used for wide spaces in setting type; quad.
2. (in experimental agriculture) a square area of convenient size laid off for the purpose of accurate planting.
3. (in phytogeography) a similar square laid off for close study of the relative abundance of species or of other questions.
[apparently variant of quadrate, noun]

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