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tet⋅ra⋅gon

[te-truh-gon]
–noun
a polygon having four angles or sides; a quadrangle or quadrilateral.

Origin:
1620–30; < Gk tetrágōnon. See tetra-, -gon
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tet·ra·gon   (tět'rə-gŏn')   
n.  A four-sided polygon; a quadrilateral.

[Late Latin tetragōnum, from Greek tetragōnon : tetra-, tetra- + -gōnon, -gon.]
te·trag'o·nal (tě-trāg'ə-nəl) adj., te·trag'o·nal·ly adv.
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