quadransn.

Brit.

/ˈkwɒdr(ə)ns/, U.S.

/ˈkwɑdr(ə)ns/

Inflections: Plural quadrantes;

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quadrāns.

Etymology: < classical Latin quadrāns quadrant n.¹The word was evidently reborrowed in the late 14th cent. and again in the mid 17th cent., and there is no continuity of use with the Old English. Compare quadrant n.¹

†1. = quadrant n.¹ 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > hour > [noun] > specific number of hours

quadransOE

quadranta1398

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) i. i. 4 Gif hwam gelustfullað to witanne hwæt sy quadrans (þæt ys fyðerlinc) þonne undergite he mid soðre race þæt quadrans byð se feorða dæl þæs dæges.

†a. = quadrant n.¹ 2a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > farthing

farthingc950

ferlingc1000

quadransOE

quarter1389

quadrantc1450

quatrinc1470

Q1530

quadrine1557

rag1592

qua1631

grig1657

Jack?c1690

fadge1789

daddler1900

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 60 Se feorðandæl byð quadrans geciged, beo hyt penig oððe pund, swa þæt wel wat ceorlisc folc.

c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 191 (MED) Of osmond be the custum takyn as of brasse, of eche pece of ore brass, laten, or copper be takyn quadrans.

a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 298 (MED) The mynchons..paiyng therfor yerely to hym..j quadrans at Mighelmasse for all seculer seruice.

a1500 Tracts Eng. Weights & Meas. 15 in Camden Misc. (1929) XV The lest money that goith in Yngland is a quadrans, and that is but the iiijth parte of a peny.

b. = quadrant n.¹ 2b. historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman

pennyOE

quadrant1533

as1541

sesterce1541

sestertius1567

dupondius1601

quinare1601

quinarius1601

sextant1601

triens1601

trient1601

assarion1625

quadrans1654

quinary1728

nummus1771

follis1784

uncia1834

minimus1852

semis1853

siliqua1889

minim1896

1654 T. Hall Vindiciæ Literarum 123 Concerning the Coynes that were among the Hebrews, as the Mite, the Quadrans, the Gerah, [etc.].

1789 J. Adams Flowers Anc. Hist. cvii. 232 The Quadrans was the smallest brass coin, of the same value as our farthing.

1882 P. Schaff Hist. Christian Church I. 359 He turned the Hebrew shekel into a Silberling.., the quadrans into a Heller.

1961 W. S. David Day in Old Rome viii. 151 To every lawful retainer present is carefully counted out a hundred quadrantes.

1986 J. E. Stambaugh & D. L. Balch New Test. in Social Environm. iii. 80 The as was broken down into a half piece (the semis) and quarter piece (the quadrans).

2002 S. Rebenich Jerome 186 The quadrans, which was minted until Antoninus Pius..could also be understood as a token of minimal value, a ‘farthing’.

†3.

a. = quadrant n.¹ 5. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > sphere > quarter of a sphere

quadransOE

quadrant1882

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) i. i. 4 Quadrans byð se feorða dæl..oðra þinga þe man mæg rihtlice todælan on feower.

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. iii. 184 Gyf þu todælst hwæt on feower, se feorða dæl byð quadrans geciged.

b. A unit of weight equal to a quarter of a troy ounce (approx. 7.8 g). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 333 Quadrans weyeþ þe fourþe del of an vnce and hatte quadrans in hebrew.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

(The name of) a former constellation, the Mural Quadrant, in what is now the northern part of the constellation of Bοötes. Also Quadrans. Cf. Quadrantid n.

ΚΠ

1811 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 101 292 A very different aspect of the heavens will be perceived when we examine the following constellations. Beginning from the head of Capricorn.., thence proceeding to Antinous.., to Quadrans Muralis.., and to the head of Draco.

1878 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 38 396 Several additional ones [sc. meteor showers] in Quadrans, Cygnus, and Corona were very slightly seen.

1899 R. H. Allen Star-names 348 Quadrans Muralis, the Mural Quadrant.., was formed by La Lande in 1795, as a souvenir of the instrument with which he and his nephew..observed the stars.

1958 P. Moore Amateur Astronomer (ed. 2) xii. 146 One of the rejected groups, Quadrans Muralis (the Mural Quadrant) has left a legacy in the form of the name of the annual Quadrantid meteor shower.

1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 444/2 The Quadrantid shower is named after the obsolete constellation Quadrans Muralis.

单词	quadrans
释义	quadransn. Brit. /ˈkwɒdr(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈkwɑdr(ə)ns/ Inflections: Plural quadrantes; Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quadrāns. Etymology: < classical Latin quadrāns quadrant n.¹The word was evidently reborrowed in the late 14th cent. and again in the mid 17th cent., and there is no continuity of use with the Old English. Compare quadrant n.¹ †1. = quadrant n.¹ 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > hour > [noun] > specific number of hours quadransOE quadranta1398 OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) i. i. 4 Gif hwam gelustfullað to witanne hwæt sy quadrans (þæt ys fyðerlinc) þonne undergite he mid soðre race þæt quadrans byð se feorða dæl þæs dæges. 2. †a. = quadrant n.¹ 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > farthing farthingc950 ferlingc1000 quadransOE quarter1389 quadrantc1450 quatrinc1470 Q1530 quadrine1557 rag1592 qua1631 grig1657 Jack?c1690 fadge1789 daddler1900 OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 60 Se feorðandæl byð quadrans geciged, beo hyt penig oððe pund, swa þæt wel wat ceorlisc folc. c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 191 (MED) Of osmond be the custum takyn as of brasse, of eche pece of ore brass, laten, or copper be takyn quadrans. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 298 (MED) The mynchons..paiyng therfor yerely to hym..j quadrans at Mighelmasse for all seculer seruice. a1500 Tracts Eng. Weights & Meas. 15 in Camden Misc. (1929) XV The lest money that goith in Yngland is a quadrans, and that is but the iiijth parte of a peny. b. = quadrant n.¹ 2b. historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Roman pennyOE quadrant1533 as1541 sesterce1541 sestertius1567 dupondius1601 quinare1601 quinarius1601 sextant1601 triens1601 trient1601 assarion1625 quadrans1654 quinary1728 nummus1771 follis1784 uncia1834 minimus1852 semis1853 siliqua1889 minim1896 1654 T. Hall Vindiciæ Literarum 123 Concerning the Coynes that were among the Hebrews, as the Mite, the Quadrans, the Gerah, [etc.]. 1789 J. Adams Flowers Anc. Hist. cvii. 232 The Quadrans was the smallest brass coin, of the same value as our farthing. 1882 P. Schaff Hist. Christian Church I. 359 He turned the Hebrew shekel into a Silberling.., the quadrans into a Heller. 1961 W. S. David Day in Old Rome viii. 151 To every lawful retainer present is carefully counted out a hundred quadrantes. 1986 J. E. Stambaugh & D. L. Balch New Test. in Social Environm. iii. 80 The as was broken down into a half piece (the semis) and quarter piece (the quadrans). 2002 S. Rebenich Jerome 186 The quadrans, which was minted until Antoninus Pius..could also be understood as a token of minimal value, a ‘farthing’. †3. a. = quadrant n.¹ 5. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > sphere > quarter of a sphere quadransOE quadrant1882 OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) i. i. 4 Quadrans byð se feorða dæl..oðra þinga þe man mæg rihtlice todælan on feower. OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. iii. 184 Gyf þu todælst hwæt on feower, se feorða dæl byð quadrans geciged. b. A unit of weight equal to a quarter of a troy ounce (approx. 7.8 g). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 333 Quadrans weyeþ þe fourþe del of an vnce and hatte quadrans in hebrew. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas Quadrans (The name of) a former constellation, the Mural Quadrant, in what is now the northern part of the constellation of Bοötes. Also Quadrans. Cf. Quadrantid n. ΚΠ 1811 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 101 292 A very different aspect of the heavens will be perceived when we examine the following constellations. Beginning from the head of Capricorn.., thence proceeding to Antinous.., to Quadrans Muralis.., and to the head of Draco. 1878 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 38 396 Several additional ones [sc. meteor showers] in Quadrans, Cygnus, and Corona were very slightly seen. 1899 R. H. Allen Star-names 348 Quadrans Muralis, the Mural Quadrant.., was formed by La Lande in 1795, as a souvenir of the instrument with which he and his nephew..observed the stars. 1958 P. Moore Amateur Astronomer (ed. 2) xii. 146 One of the rejected groups, Quadrans Muralis (the Mural Quadrant) has left a legacy in the form of the name of the annual Quadrantid meteor shower. 1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 444/2 The Quadrantid shower is named after the obsolete constellation Quadrans Muralis. extracted from Quadrans Muralisn. < n.OE as lemmas
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quadransn.

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