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Jul 16, 2012 at 14:02 comment added Jay It may be that architects or fire fighters or some other profession do indeed divide buildings into four parts and refer to them as quadrants. I certainly can't swear that there is NO profession that uses this as a technical or specialized term. But I don't find such a definition in my dictionary, and it is certainly not common English in America.
Jul 13, 2012 at 14:55 comment added Barrie England @roviuser: Then that must be the answer to your question.
Jul 13, 2012 at 14:33 comment added xdumaine Well maybe that's a difference between British and American English. That word/phrase is not uncommon for me or my coworkers.
Jul 13, 2012 at 14:31 comment added Barrie England @roviuser: No, I cannot.
Jul 13, 2012 at 14:06 comment added xdumaine Imaging it's an engineering company, and the building is divided equally in 4 parts (like a Cartesian plane). Then can you imagine someone saying "quadrant of the building"?
Jul 13, 2012 at 12:21 history edited Barrie England CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jul 13, 2012 at 12:14 history answered Barrie England CC BY-SA 3.0