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Webster 1913 Edition


Quadrangle

Quad′ranˊgle

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quadrangle

QUAD'RANGLE

,
Noun.
[L. quadratus, square, from quatuor, four, and angulus, angle.]
In geometry, a quadrilateral figure; a square; a figure consisting of four sides and four angles.