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quadrangle definition

quad·ran·gle (kwä′draŋ′gəl)

noun

  1. 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
  3. ☆ the area of land charted on each of the atlas sheets published by the U.S. geological survey

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

Related Forms:

  • quadrangular quad·ran′·gu·lar (-draŋ′gyo̵̅o̅ lər, -gyə-) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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