Timeline for What's the usage difference between 'quarter' and 'quadrant'?
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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 |