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quadrature

/kwɒdˈrætʃər/ noun · British & US
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What does quadrature mean?

noun

The process of finding the area under a curve, or the ratio of the lengths of the sides of a right-angled triangle. In music, the ratio of the frequencies of two pitches.

Example

"The mathematician used numerical quadrature to approximate the value of the integral."

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