Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having four sides or angles; shaped like a quadrilateral: Describes any object, area, or figure that has four sides and four angles.
   • Relating to or forming a quadrangle: Pertaining to a four-sided space or courtyard, often enclosed by buildings.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The courtyard had a classic quadrangular layout, surrounded by the university's historic buildings.
  • The architect designed a quadrangular plaza at the city's center.
  • A soccer field is typically a quadrangular area.

Advanced Usage

• "Quadrangular prism": A three-dimensional geometric solid with two parallel, congruent quadrangular bases and rectangular sides.
  • In geometry class, we calculated the volume of a quadrangular prism.
• "Quadrangular space": An anatomical term in the shoulder region, or any space bounded by four sides.
  • The surgeon carefully navigated the neurovascular structures in the quadrangular space.

Variants and Related Words

• Quadrangle (n): A four-sided enclosure or courtyard, especially one surrounded by buildings; a geometric quadrilateral.
  • Students gathered in the college quadrangle.
• Quadrilateral (n/adj): (n) A polygon with four sides. (adj) Having four sides.
  • A square is a type of quadrilateral.

Synonyms

• Four-sided: Having four sides.
• Rectangular: Shaped like a rectangle (a specific type of quadrangular shape with right angles).
• Tetragonal: (Technical) Having four sides or angles; relating to a quadrilateral.

Antonyms

• Triangular: Having three sides.
• Circular: Shaped like a circle.
• Polygonal (non-specific): Having many sides (not specifically four).

Adjective

1. of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle