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quadrangular
Part of speech: AdjectiveHaving the form of a plane figure with four angles and four sides.
Usage examples "quadrangular":- This building is quadrangular, with a courtyard in the centre. - "Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I.", John L. Stephens.
- The shelves should be not less than 2 inches deep, and if made in the form of a quadrangular frame, braced with two cross- pieces on which to tack sheet cork, they will serve for the double purpose of drying spread specimens and for the spreading of others, as there are many insects with long legs which are more conveniently spread on such a board, by means of triangular pieces of stiff cardboard braces or 'saddles, ' than on the stretcher already described. - "Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects", C. V. Riley.
- The houses were nearly all quadrangular, and contained a single room, had raised, not flat roofs, and were provided at one of the shorter sides, near one corner, with a high rectangular door opening, which certainly was not intended to be closed, and on one of the long sides with a square window- opening. - "The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II", A.E. Nordenskieold.