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tetragon

(te′trə gän′)

noun

a plane figure with four angles and four sides; quadrangle

Origin: LL tetragonum < Gr tetragōnon: see tetra- & -gon

See tetragon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A four-sided polygon; a quadrilateral.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin tetragōnum

Origin: , from Greek tetragōnon

Origin: : tetra-, tetra-

Origin: + -gōnon, -gon

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Related Forms:

te·tragˈo·nal (tĕ-trăgˈə-nəl) adjective

te·tragˈo·nal·ly adverb

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