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English

Etymology

: From quadrilaterus (1650), quadri- (four) + latus (sided)

Noun

a polygon having four sides.

Translations

Czech: {{t-|cs|čtyřúhelník|m}}
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Hebrew:
Hindi: चतुर्भुज

Italian: {{t-|it|quadrilatero|m}}
Japanese: {{t-|ja|四辺形|tr=shihenkei|sc=Jpan}}, (in common, uses {{t-|ja|四角形|tr=shikakukei|sc=Jpan}})
Romanian: patrulater, cadrilater
Spanish: {{t+|es|cuadrilátero|m}}
Telugu: చతుర్భుజి (chaturbhuji)

Adjective

having four sides.

Translations

Irish: ceathairshleasach
Italian:
Japanese: 四辺形の (shihenkei no)

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Quadrilateral \Quad`ri*lat"er*al\, a. [L. quadrilaterus: cf. F.
quadrilat[`e]re, quadrilat['e]ral. See Quadri- and
Lateral.]
Having four sides, and consequently four angles;
quadrangular.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Quadrilateral \Quad`ri*lat"er*al\, n.
1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four sides, and consequently
four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by
four lines.
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2. An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other;
as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua,
Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.
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Complete quadrilateral (Geom.), the figure made up of the
six straight lines that can be drawn through four points,
A, B, C, I, the lines being supposed to be produced
indefinitely.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet quadrilateral
adj : having four sides [syn: four-sided]
n : a four-sided polygon [syn: quadrangle, tetragon]

Moby Dictionary
bifacial , bilateral , biquadratic , cube-shaped , cubed , cubic ,
cubiform , cuboid , diced , dihedral , flanked , four , four-legged ,
four-rayed , foursquare , handed , lateral , many-sided , multilateral ,
oblong , one-sided , orthogonal , polyhedral , quadrangular , quadrate ,
quadric , quadriform , quadrinomial , quadrivalent , quadruped ,
quartic , quartile , quaternary , rectangular , rhombic , rhomboid ,
sided , square , tetractinal , tetrad , tetragonal , tetrahedral ,
tetravalent , three-sided , trapezohedral , trapezoid , trihedral ,
trilateral , triquetrous , two-sided , unilateral