Quadrangle
['kwɒdræŋg(ə)l] or ['kwɑdræŋgl]
Definition
(n.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles.
(n.) 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.
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Definition
n. a square surrounded by buildings: (geom.) a plane figure having four equal sides and angles: in the jargon of palmistry the space between the line of the heart and that of the head.—adj. Quadrang′ular of the form of a quadrangle.—adv. Quadrang′ularly.
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Examples
- When we were out in the darkness of the quadrangle, we again looked up at the windows. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now, Mr. Soames, we will take a walk in the quadrangle, if you please. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But on crossing the quadrangle outside, I passed Madame Fosco, walking by herself in her favourite circle, round and round the great fish-pond. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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