1. quadrate - Noun
2. quadrate - Adjective
3. quadrate - Verb
4. quadrate - Adjective Satellite
Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
Squared; suited; correspondent.
A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90¡, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6.
The quadrate bone.
To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond; -- followed by with.
To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn these cases, the stapes either is also missing or, in the absence of an eardrum, connects to the quadrate bone in the skull, although, it is presumed, it still has some ability to transmit vibrations to the inner ear. Source: Internet
The malleus, or "hammer", evolved from the articular bone of the lower jaw, and the incus, or "anvil", from the quadrate. Source: Internet
The left and right sides of the lower jaw are joined only by a flexible ligament at the anterior tips, allowing them to separate widely, while the posterior end of the lower jaw bones articulate with a quadrate bone, allowing further mobility. Source: Internet