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quadrangular

English

Etymology

From Middle French quadrangulaire, from Medieval Latin quadrangularis

Adjective

quadrangular (comparative more quadrangular, superlative most quadrangular)

  1. Having the shape of a quadrangle; in the shape of a quadrangle.

Translations

See also

  • quadrangle

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quadrangle

English

Etymology

From Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum.

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: kw?d?r?ng'gl, IPA(key): /?kw?d??æ?.??l/

Noun

quadrangle (plural quadrangles)

  1. (geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
  2. A courtyard which is quadrangular.
    • 1959, John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 7,
      I looked up from my desk and saw that suddenly there were big flakes twirling down into the quadrangle, settling on the carefully pruned shrubbery bordering the crosswalks, the three elms still holding many of their leaves, the still-green lawns.
  3. The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
    • 1959, John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 13,
      The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School.

Synonyms

  • (geometry): quadrilateral, 4-gon, tetragon; see also Thesaurus:quadrilateral

Hyponyms

  • (geometry): rectangle, square, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid

Translations


French

Pronunciation

Noun

quadrangle f (plural quadrangles)

  1. (geometry) quadrangle

Derived terms

  • quadrangulaire

Old French

Etymology

Late Latin quadrangulum.

Noun

quadrangle m (oblique plural quadrangles, nominative singular quadrangles, nominative plural quadrangle)

  1. quadrangle (four-sided polygon)

Adjective

quadrangle m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quadrangle)

  1. quadrangular (of a polygon, having four sides and four angles)

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