An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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فرهنگ ریشه‌شناختی اخترشناسی-اخترفیزیک



quadrature
  ۱) چاروشش، چاروشی؛ ۲) نوَدان، چاروشش  
1) cârušeš, câruši; 2) navadân, cârušeš
Fr.: quadrature  
  1. General: The process of making something square; the act of squaring.
  2. Math.: The act or process of constructing a → square with an area equal to that of a specified surface, especially a surface bounded by a curve.
  3. Astro.: The position of a planet or the Moon when it makes a 90° angle with the Sun as seen from Earth.

Etymology (EN): From L. quadratura, from quadrat(us) p.p. of quadrare “to make square.”

Etymology (PE): 1) Cârušeš verbal noun of cârušidan “to square,” from câruš “square,” from Av. caθruša-, → quadratic.
Câruši quality noun of câruš “square,” as preceding.

  1. Navadân, from navad “ninety,” referring to the longitude difference of 90° (Mid.Pers. nawad; Av. nauuaiti- “ninety,” from nauua- “nine” (Mod.Pers. noh); cf. Skt. navati- “ninety”) + -ân suffix of place and time.