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quadrangle


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quadrangle  \Quad"ran`gle\,  n.  [F.,  fr  L.  quadrangulum  quattuor 
  four  +  angulus  an  angle.  See  {Four},  and  {Angle}  a  corner.] 
  1.  (Geom.)  A  plane  figure  having  four  angles,  and 
  consequently  four  sides;  any  figure  having  four  angles. 
 
  2.  A  square  or  quadrangular  space  or  inclosure,  such  a  space 
  or  court  surrounded  by  buildings,  esp.  such  a  court  in  a 
  college  or  public  school  in  England. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quadrangle 
  n  1:  a  four-sided  polygon  [syn:  {quadrilateral},  {tetragon}] 
  2:  a  rectangular  area  surrounded  on  all  sides  by  buildings 
  [syn:  {quad}] 




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