Quadrangulate
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To divide (a plane or other surface) into quadrangles, often by removing the dividing line between two adjacent triangles (following a previous triangulation). transitive
- 1 Synonym of quadrangular. rare
"The ſquared ſtones ioyned togither without anye cement, and the pointed quadrangulate corner ſtones [translating quadranguli] ſtreightlye fitted and ſmoothlye pulliſhed, the edges whereof were of an exquiſite vermillion coulour, as is poſſible to bee deuiſed: […]"
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More examples"The ſquared ſtones ioyned togither without anye cement, and the pointed quadrangulate corner ſtones [translating quadranguli] ſtreightlye fitted and ſmoothlye pulliſhed, the edges whereof were of an exquiſite vermillion coulour, as is poſſible to bee deuiſed: […]"
Etymology
From quadr- + angulate, after quadrangle and triangulate.
From Late Latin quadrangulātus. By surface analysis, quadr- + angulate.
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