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quadrangular

adj

Etymology

From Middle English quadrangulere, from Late Latin quadrangulāris. Compare Middle French and French quadrangulaire. By surface analysis, quadr- + -angular.

  1. derived from quadrangulāris
  2. inherited from quadrangulere

Definitions

  1. Having the shape of a quadrangle

    Having the shape of a quadrangle; in the shape of a quadrangle.

  2. Involving four participants or teams.

    • We are promised certainly a triangular, and possibly a quadrangular, contest for Governor this Fall.
    • Immediately after the US championship, St Louis will stage an elite quadrangular tournament with the world No 1, Carlsen, the world No 2, Hikaru Nakamura, the world No 3, Caruana, and the reigning world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju.

  3. A competition involving four participants or teams.

    • With his winning shot put and discus marks in the quadrangular, Banich joined three other Bruins who have qualified for the NCAA outdoor championships in June at Baton Rouge, La.
    • Quadrangulars are a very rare format, and the only real precedent is St Petersburg 1895-96, with the world champion, Emanuel Lasker, the former champion Wilhelm Steinitz, Russia’s Mikhail Chigorin and USA’s Harry Pillsbury.

The neighborhood

Derived

semiquadrangular, subquadrangular

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for quadrangular. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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