quadrilateral

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a four-sided polygon
  • Adjective:
    having four sides

Word Origin

quadrilateral (n.)
"four-sided," 1640s, with -al (1) + Latin quadrilaterus, from quadri- "four" (see quadri-) + latus (genitive lateris) "side" (see oblate (n.)). As an adjective from 1650s. Related: Quadrilaterally.

Example

1. The shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram .
2. Characteristic teaching designs the peculiar quadrilateral .
3. A quadrilateral having no parallel sides .
4. Three grades first volume quadrilateral cognition exercise .
5. A quadrilateral having two parallel sides .

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