Quader

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German quāder; derived from Latin quā̆drum (“square”). Cognate with French carreau, Italian quadro (“square”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Quader m (strong, genitive Quaders, plural Quader)

  1. (geometry) rectangular cuboid
    • 2013, Hans-Georg Weigand, Andreas Filler, Reinhard Hölzl, Sebastian Kuntze, Matthias Ludwig, Jürgen Roth, Barbara Schmidt-Thieme, Gerald Wittmann, Didaktik der Geometrie für die Sekundarstufe I, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 155:
      Der Quader ist in der Anfangslage vorn grau, rechts schwarz, hinten grün, links rot, oben weiß und unten gelb. Kippt nun in Gedanken den Quader wie oben beschrieben.
      The cuboid is, in the initial position, gray in the front, black on the right side, green on the backside, red on the left side, white above and yellow below. In your thoughts only, turn the cuboid as described above.
    • 2007, Dieter Endner, Mathematik: Illustrierte Power-Selbsthilfe und Nachschlagewerk für Gymnasium und integrierte Gesamtschule, Wagner Verlag sucht Autoren, →ISBN, page 85:
      Das Volumen eines Quaders mit den Kanten a, b und c berechnet sich wie folgt: Volumen des Quaders = Länge · Breite · Höhe = a · b · c
      The volume of a cuboid with edges of lengths a, b and c is calculated as follows: volume of the cuboid = length · width · height = a · b · c
    • 2013, Andrei Duma, Kompaktkurs Mathematik für Ingenieure und Naturwissenschaftler, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 421:
      Geometrisch gesagt: Die Quader J′ und J″ haben genau eine gemeinsame Seite.
      In geometrical terms: the cuboids J′ and J″ have precisely one side in common.

Declension

Declension of Quader
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Quader die Quader
genitive eines des Quaders der Quader
dative einem dem Quader den Quadern
accusative einen den Quader die Quader

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Quader”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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