quadrangle

(kwä′draŋ′gəl)

noun

Geom. a plane figure with four angles and four sides
1. an area, as of a college campus, surrounded on its four sides by buildings
2. the buildings surrounding a quadrangle
☆ the area of land charted on each of the atlas sheets published by the U.S. geological survey

Origin: ME < MFr < LL quadrangulum < L quadr- < quattuor, four + angulus, angle

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See quadrangle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Mathematics Quadrilateral.
a. A rectangular area surrounded on all four sides by buildings.
b. The buildings bordering this area.
The area of land shown on one atlas sheet charted by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Late Latin quadrangulum

Origin: , from Latin

Origin: , neuter of quadrangulus, four-cornered

Origin: : quadri-, quadri-

Origin: + angulus, angle

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