"quadrangle" meaning in English

See quadrangle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkwɒdˌɹæŋ.ɡəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-quadrangle.wav [US] Forms: quadrangles [plural]
enPR: kwŏdʹrăng'gl Etymology: From Old French quadrangle, from Late Latin quadrangulum. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|quadrangle|}} Old French quadrangle, {{uder|en|LL.|quadrangulum|}} Late Latin quadrangulum Head templates: {{en-noun}} quadrangle (plural quadrangles)
  1. (geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon. Categories (topical): Geometry, Four
    Sense id: en-quadrangle-en-noun-z-s-F9I~ Disambiguation of Four: 39 38 23 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  2. A courtyard which is quadrangular. Categories (topical): Four Synonyms: quad [informal]
    Sense id: en-quadrangle-en-noun-EIM4aEVU Disambiguation of Four: 39 38 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations, Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old French undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 44 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 46 29 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 27 44 30 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 7 40 15 17 13 8 Disambiguation of Old French undefined derivations: 6 47 16 12 12 7
  3. The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard. Categories (topical): Four
    Sense id: en-quadrangle-en-noun-9KzIlTfT Disambiguation of Four: 39 38 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quadrilateral [geometry, mathematics, sciences], 4-gon, tetragon, quadrilateral Hyponyms: rectangle [geometry, mathematics, sciences], square [geometry, mathematics, sciences], parallelogram [geometry, mathematics, sciences], rhombus [geometry, mathematics, sciences], trapezoid [geometry, mathematics, sciences] Derived forms: love quadrangle

Inflected forms

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