quadrangle
noun
- Geom. a plane figure with four angles and four sides
- an area, as of a college campus, surrounded on its four sides by buildings
- the buildings surrounding a quadrangle
- ☆ the area of land charted on each of the atlas sheets published by the U.S. geological survey
See quadrangle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kwŏdˈrăngˌgəl)
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.
Related Forms:
- quad·ranˈgu·lar (-răngˈgyə-lər) adjective
- quad·ranˈgu·lar·ly adverb
- quad·ranˈgu·lar·ness noun
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