Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Mathematics A quadrilateral.
- noun A rectangular area surrounded on all four sides by buildings.
- noun The buildings bordering this area.
- noun The area of land shown on one atlas sheet charted by the US Geological Survey.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A square block of buildings.
- noun Any square block, as of stone.
- noun A region measuring 15′ lat. by 15′ long. (or 30′ lat. by 30′ long., or 1° lat, by 1° long., according to the density of tho population) as shown on an atlas sheet of the United States Geological Survey.
- noun A plane figure having four angles; a foursquare figure; a quadrilateral; in mod. geom., a plane figure formed by six lines intersecting at four points.
- noun A square or oblong court nearly or quite surrounded by buildings: an arrangement common with public buildings, as palaces, city halls, colleges, etc.
- noun In palmistry, the space between the line of the heart and that of the head.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Geom.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles.
- noun 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 Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun geometry A
geometric shape withfour angles andfour straight sides ; a four-sidedpolygon . - noun A
courtyard which isquadrangular . - noun The
buildings forming theborder of such a courtyard.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a four-sided polygon
- noun a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For example, if it be a false affirmation to say a quadrangle is round, the word round quadrangle signifies nothing, but is a mere sound.
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I remember we had three kids that streaked across the, what we call the quadrangle, the open area in the middle of the campus.
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A walk around the quadrangle is not uninteresting.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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The quadrangle is more than 100 feet square, and the walls are more than 100 feet high.
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The facades on the buildings that conform the quadrangle are adorned with elaborate representations of Mayan huts, rectangles and Chac masks, with superimposed ornaments such as carved loops, lattices, small columns, human shapes, birds and monkeys.
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The facades on the buildings that conform the quadrangle are adorned with elaborate representations of Mayan huts, rectangles and Chac masks, with superimposed ornaments such as carved loops, lattices, small columns, human shapes, birds and monkeys.
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The fourth side of the quadrangle was the public road.
The Woodlanders 2006
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On the fourth side of the quadrangle was a rough coach-house, and rougher stables.
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Then at the back of the quadrangle was the store, perhaps of all the buildings the most important.
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The quadrangle is a sort of sky-roofed hall, to which there is convenient access from all parts of the house.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various
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