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tetragon
[ te-truh-gon, -guhn ]
/ ˈtɛ trəˌgɒn, -gən /
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noun
a polygon having four angles or sides; a quadrangle or quadrilateral.
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How to use tetragon in a sentence
A figure that is bounded by four straight lines is termed a quadrangle, quadrilateral or tetragon.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught|Joshua RoseIt is the tetragon with the Aragon bars, given as a shield of arms by James I. to the city he had conquered.
Spanish Arms and Armour|Albert F. CalvertThus we speak of a pentagon but not of a tetragon or a trigon, although both words are correct in form.
The Teaching of Geometry|David Eugene SmithIt was long, built around two sections of the tetragon, and with low divans beneath the view windows.
Operation Haystack|Frank Patrick Herbert
British Dictionary definitions for tetragon
Word Origin for tetragon
C17: from Greek tetragōnon; see tetra-, -gon
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