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quadrantal
Part of speech: AdjectivePert. to a quadrant, or included in it.
Usage examples "quadrantal":- By choice he would have made a good job of it and abolished the quadrantal correctors as well; but he judged he had done mischief enough to secure his ends, as it was. - "Alias The Lone Wolf", Louis Joseph Vance.
- I suggested to Monsieur Pin and others a quadrantal gate, turning on a pivot, and lifted by a lever like a pump- handle, aided by a windlass and cord, if necessary. - "Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson", Thomas Jefferson.
- I proposed to fix there a fan- roof of quadrantal form, covering the upper flat stone of the external steps. - "Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy", George Biddell Airy.