quadrangle
oxford
views updated May 11 2018quad·ran·gle / ˈkwäˌdranggəl/ • n. Geom. a four-sided plane figure, esp. a square or rectangle. ∎ a square or rectangular space or courtyard enclosed by buildings. ∎ the area shown on a standard topographic map sheet of the U.S. Geological Survey.DERIVATIVES: quad·ran·gu·lar / kwäˈdranggyələr/ adj.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
quadrangle
oxford
views updated May 29 2018quadrangle figure having four angles (and four sides) XV; square or rectangular space or court XVI. — (O)F.
quadrangle or late L.
quadrangulum, sb. use of n. of
quadrangulus; see
QUADRI-,
ANGLE2.
So
quadrangular XVI. — medL.
quadrangulāris.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
quadrangle
oxford
views updated May 18 2018quadrangle. 1. Figure with four sides in the same plane.
2. Large rectangular inner court around which buildings are erected, such as in Oxford colleges, where it is called
quad, and in Cambridge, called
court.
A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture JAMES STEVENS CURL
