quadrilateral
adjective
having four sides.
quadrilaterals
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pluralof quadrilateral.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There are yet more triangles and quadrilaterals of affection, not always clearly mapped in Bradshaw’s vigorous trimming of the text.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Note this is a characteristic of rectangles, but not other quadrilaterals.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
I showed that for certain shapes—for kites, which are quadrilaterals with bilateral symmetry—you can escape.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 17, 2018
Even when considering the Suprematist works, the Americans have typically isolated the most austere examples — the black-and-white squares, as opposed to the more colorful arrangements of floating, irregular quadrilaterals at Gagosian.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2011
The fourth book deals with the circle in its relations to inscribed and circumscribed triangles, quadrilaterals and regular polygons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
