1. In geometry, a figure having four angles; a quadrangle; as a square, a rhombus, etc.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. A plane figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc.
2. 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.
1. Pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides. Thus a square, a parallelogram, a rhombus, and a trapezium, are tetragonal figures.
2. In botany, having four prominent longitudinal angles, as a stem.
1. Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers.
2. Having four prominent longitudinal angles.
3. Designating, or belonging to, a certain system of crystallization; dimetric. See Tetragonal system, under Crystallization.
The quadrature of the circle.
Four Roget’s Thesaurus §95
N. quaternity, four, tetrad, quartet, quaternion, # square, quarter, tetract, tetragon, quadrangle, rectangle, tetrahedron, quadrature, quadrifoil, quadriform, quadruplet, quatrefoil, tetrapod, quadrangle, quad, quadrupole, quadrivium
V. reduce to a square, square
Adj. four, quaternary, quaternal, quadratic, quartile, tetract, tetractic, tetractinal, tetrad, tetragonal, square, quadrate
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