quadrangle

[ kwod-rang-guhl ]
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noun
  1. a plane figure having four angles and four sides, as a square.

  2. a square or quadrangular space or court that is surrounded by a building or buildings, as on a college campus.

  1. the building or buildings around such a space or court.

  2. the area shown on one of the standard topographic map sheets published by the U.S. Geological Survey: approximately 17 miles (27 km) north to south and from 11 to 15 miles (17 to 24 km) east to west.

Origin of quadrangle

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Late Latin quadrangulum, noun use of neuter of Latin quadrangulus, quadriangulus four-cornered. See quadr-, angle1

Other words from quadrangle

  • quadrangled, adjective

Words Nearby quadrangle

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How to use quadrangle in a sentence

  • Afterward, quadrangle paid a $1.1 million placement fee to a small firm, Searle Co., with which Morris was affiliated.

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  • He found the man, with his wife and children, in a large corner room opening on the inner court of the Mission quadrangle.

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  • In this beautiful quadrangle, one of the most interesting features is the chapel at the southwest corner.

  • When he left the chamber of death, it was to walk across the quadrangle of the residence to the sexton's house.

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  • Strictly a yard or quadrangle; hence a house which is built around a quadrangle: often Government House.

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  • It stands in a quadrangle, roofed in, and above rise some of those curious elongated domes we saw from the boat.

British Dictionary definitions for quadrangle

quadrangle

/ (ˈkwɒdˌræŋɡəl) /


noun
  1. geometry a plane figure consisting of four points connected by four lines. In a complete quadrangle, six lines connect all pairs of points

  2. a rectangular courtyard, esp one having buildings on all four sides: Often shortened to: quad

  1. the building surrounding such a courtyard

Origin of quadrangle

1
C15: from Late Latin quadrangulum figure having four corners

Derived forms of quadrangle

  • quadrangular (kwɒˈdræŋɡjʊlə), adjective

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