Definitions for quadrangular-gyə lər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

quad•ran•gleˈkwɒdˌræŋ gəl(n.)

  1. a plane figure having four angles and four sides, as a square.

    Category: Math

  2. a square or quadrangular space or court that is surrounded by a building or buildings, as on a college campus.

    Category: Architecture

  3. the building or buildings around such a space or court.

    Category: Architecture

  4. the area shown on a topographic map sheet of a standard size:

    a 15-minute quadrangle.

    Category: Geography (places), Surveying

Origin of quadrangle:

1400–50; < LL quadrangulum, der. of L quadr(i)angulus four-cornered

quad•ran′gu•lar-gyə lər(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. quadrangular(adj)

    of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle

Wiktionary

  1. quadrangular(Adjective)

    Having the shape of a quadrangle.

  2. quadrangular(Adjective)

    In the shape of a quadrangle.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Quadrangular(adj)

    having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal


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