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🏫 A courtyard ⬛ A four-sided shape
quadrangle

quadrangle

1 6.7
A shape with four straight sides and four angles
  • noun
  • /ˈkwɒdræŋɡəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cuadrilátero
  • The architect designed a quadrangle featuring four classrooms with large windows facing the garden.
  • 7.5-minute quadrangle
  • minute quadrangle

Examples

  • A quadrangle is a four-sided figure like a square or a rectangle.

    Barry Lyndon (1975)

  • He bows to the young woman and moves to the quadrangle of tables.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The quadrangle architecture tried to imitate the worst of old Earth: retrograde and oppressive.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The university's campus includes a beautiful quadrangle where students often gather to study.

  • In the center of the historic estate is a large quadrangle surrounded by impressive stone buildings.

Synonyms

quadrilateral
vsquadrangle
1 5.3

A flat shape with four straight sides and four angles

is an alternative word often used for the same geometric shape
tetragon
vsquadrangle
1 8.0

A flat shape with four sides and four corners

is the same meaning but expressed with a different word form

Surface Forms

quadrangle singular
quadrangles plural

Morphology

quadrangle = angle (transparent) = quad + angle + quad

The word 'quadrangle' is transparently built from 'quad' (four) and 'angle', indicating a shape with four angles.

Etymology

Quadrangle comes from the parts quad- 'four' and angle 'corner'. So it literally means a shape with 'four corners', which is why a quadrangle is any four-sided polygon like a square or rectangle.