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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 706 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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QUADRATURE (from See also:Lat. quadratura, a making square) , in See also:astronomy, that aspect of a heavenly See also:body in which it makes a right See also:angle with the direction of the See also:sun; applied especially to the apparent position of a See also:planet, or of the See also:moon at first and last quarters. In See also:mathematics, quadrature is the determination of a square equal to the See also:area of a See also:curve or other figure.

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