Meanings
nounQuadrantid (plural Quadrantids)
plural Quadrantids
- Any of the meteors in a January meteor shower whose radiant is inside the constellation Boötes.
Origin
Named from the former constellation Quadrans Muralis.
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Quadrantid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quadrantid
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“Quadrantid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quadrantid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Quadrantid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Quadrantid.
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