quadrilateral
quadrilateral is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Geom.) A plane figure having four sides, and consequently four angles; a quadrangular figure; any figure formed by four lines.
- 2.An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other; as, the Venetian quadrilateral, comprising Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano. 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abreast
- alongside
- and
- aside
- beam
- beside
- bilateral
- broadside
- cheek
- collateral
- compass
- end
- flank
- gable
- hand
- haunch
- her
- hip
- his
- jole
- jowl
- lateral
- laterality
- laterally
- lee
- leeward
- left
- loin
- many
- may
- multilateral
- near
- occidental
- one
- orient
- oriental
- orientate
- orientation
- outflank
- parietal
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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