APA Dictionary of Psychology

quadrant

Updated on 04/19/2018
n.
  1. one of four divisions of a two-dimensional x–y plot of psychological variables. The quadrants correspond to positive scores on both dimensions (upper right corner of plot), negative scores on both dimensions (lower left corner of plot), and positive scores on one dimension and negative scores on the other dimension (upper left corner and lower right corner, respectively, of the plot).
  2. one of four divisions of the visual field.

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