quadrangle
Definitions of quadrangle
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a four-sided polygontypes:parallélogrammea quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in lengthtrapèzea quadrilateral with no parallel sidestrapèzea quadrilateral with two parallel sideslosangea parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogramrectanglea parallelogram with four right anglestype of:polygonea closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
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quar-, quad-
Learn these words beginning with the prefixes quar- and quad-, meaning "four."