Quadrangle

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quadrangle \Quad"ran`gle\, n. [F., fr. L. quadrangulum; quattuor
     four + angulus an angle. See {Four}, and {Angle} a corner.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four angles, and
        consequently four sides; any figure having four angles.
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     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quadrangle
       n 1: a four-sided polygon [syn: {quadrilateral}, {tetragon}]
       2: a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
          [syn: {quad}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "quadrangle":
     Little Joe, arena, biquadrate, block, cincture, clos, close,
     confine, container, coop, court, courtyard, croft, curtilage,
     delimited field, enclave, enclosure, field, fold, forty, four,
     four-part diaphony, foursome, ground, kraal, list, lot, pale,
     paling, parcel of land, park, patch, pen, plat, plot,
     plot of ground, quad, quadrature, quadrennium, quadrilateral,
     quadrille, quadrinomial, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary,
     quaternion, quaternity, quatrefoil, real estate, rectangle,
     section, square, square dance, squaring, tetrad, tetragon,
     tetragram, tetragrammaton, tetrahedron, tetralogy, tetraphony,
     tetrapody, theater, toft, tract, yard