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tetragon |
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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