quadrangle
quadrangle Lexical Profile
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• noun
A four-sided rectangular courtyard or open space surrounded by buildings, especially on a college or university campus.
"Students gathered in the main quadrangle between lectures to enjoy the afternoon sun."
A plane geometric figure having four angles and four straight sides, especially a square or rectangle.
"In geometry, every rectangle and square is a specific type of quadrangle."
American A standard four-sided topographical map sheet produced by the United States Geological Survey, or the rectangular tract of land represented by it.
"The geologists consulted the local topographic quadrangle before hiking into the canyon."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed via Old French from Late Latin quadrangulum ('four-cornered figure'), formed from Latin quattuor ('four') and angulus ('corner' or 'angle').
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