quadrante

From Latin quadrantem.

quadrante m (plural quadranti)

1. face (of a clock)
2. quadrant

• quadrante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

quadrante

1. ablative singular of quadrāns

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: qua‧dran‧te

quadrante m (plural quadrantes)

1. (geometry, mathematics) quadrant (one of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines)
2. (nautical, astronomy) quadrant (instrument used to measure angles of altitude)