quadrant

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U.S. equities fell from the top-right leading quadrant to the bottom-right weakening quadrant.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

They often happen in thunderstorms in rain bands away from the eye of the storm - typically forming in the right quadrant of a storm, the weather service notes.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

The roundhouse's southwest quadrant was reserved for keeping lambs indoors.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024

The “quality” piece is based on the NCAA’s quadrant system, which places each game on one of four tiers based on location and the opponent’s NET ranking.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2024

Brahe’s observatory: the curved scale is a quadrant for measuring elevations that is built into the wall; inside it is a trompe I’oeil section of Brahe’s observatory, with a giant figure of Brahe himself.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton