quadrilateral
/ˌkwɒdrɪˈlat(ə)r(ə)l
/noun
A four-sided figure.Cut an 8x8 chessboard into two triangles and two quadrilaterals....
- The students were also not aware of relationships among quadrilaterals, such as whether all squares are rectangles or vice versa.
- The terrain I generated had a total of over 570000 quadrilaterals.
adjective
Having four straight sides.The bilobate living area has quadrilateral contours and is partly flanked by some horizontal logs and a vertical slab....
- Techniques were developed that guaranteed all quadrilateral surfaces were planar.
- It turns out there are many different pairs of quadrilateral shapes that form a nonperiodic tiling pattern.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from late Latin quadrilaterus (from Latin quadri- 'four' + latus, later- 'side') + -al.
Rhymes
- devadasi
- de Valera, Eamon
- de Valois, Dame Ninette
- devalorise
- devalorization
- devalorize
- devaluate
- devaluation
- devalue
- Devanagari
- devastate
- devastating
- devastatingly
- devastation
- devastator
- devein
- develop
- developable
- developed
- developed world
- developer
- developing country
- developing world
- development
- developmental