kuadrate

Kuadrate is a term found in various languages that is associated with the geometric concept of a square and with the operation of squaring numbers. The word derives from the Latin quadratus, meaning “made square,” and shares its roots with related mathematical terms such as quadratic and quadrature. In English-language historical texts, kuadrate or quadrate sometimes appears as an older or transliterated form of “square” or “to square.”

In Indonesian and Malay, the standard noun for a square is kuadrat. The verb form to square a number is mengkuadratkan, and related adjectives such as kuadratik or kuadratikal refer to quadratic concepts. The form kuadrate itself is less common in contemporary usage and may be encountered chiefly in older texts, transliterations, or loanword contexts.

Beyond pure mathematics, kuadrate can appear in discussions of geometry, sometimes as part of historical or cross-language references to a square shape. In astronomy or astrology, the 90-degree angular relationship known in English as a “square” aspect is typically translated as aspek kuadrat in Indonesian; kuadrate is not the standard modern term for this concept in everyday usage.

Overall, kuadrate is a variant form linked to the broader family of terms for square and squaring, with contemporary usage in Indonesian and Malay typically favoring kuadrat and related derivatives. See also quadrate, quadratic, quadrature, and square (geometry).