Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quadrangle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quadrangle \Quad"ran`gle\, n. [F., fr. L. quadrangulum; quattuor
four + angulus an angle. See {Four}, and {Angle} a corner.]
1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four angles, and
consequently four sides; any figure having four angles.
2. A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space
or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a
college or public school in England.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quadrangle
n 1: a four-sided polygon [syn: {quadrilateral}, {tetragon}]
2: a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
[syn: {quad}]
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