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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tetragon  \Tet"ra*gon\,  n.  [L.  tetragonum  Gr  tetra`gwnon; 
  te`tra-  (see  {Tetra-})  +  gwni`a  corner,  angle:  cf  F. 
  t['e]tragone.] 
  1.  (Geom.)  A  plane  figure  having  four  sides  and  angles;  a 
  quadrangle,  as  a  square,  a  rhombus,  etc 
 
  2.  (Astrol.)  An  aspect  of  two  planets  with  regard  to  the 
  earth  when  they  are  distant  from  each  other  ninety 
  degrees,  or  the  fourth  of  a  circle.  --Hutton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tetragon 
  n  :  a  four-sided  polygon  [syn:  {quadrilateral},  {quadrangle}] 




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