tetragon

[ te-truh-gon, -guhn ]

noun
  1. a polygon having four angles or sides; a quadrangle or quadrilateral.

Origin of tetragon

1
From the Greek word tetrágōnon, dating back to 1620–30. See tetra-, -gon

Words Nearby tetragon

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How to use tetragon in a sentence

  • A figure that is bounded by four straight lines is termed a quadrangle, quadrilateral or tetragon.

  • It is the tetragon with the Aragon bars, given as a shield of arms by James I. to the city he had conquered.

    Spanish Arms and Armour | Albert F. Calvert
  • Thus we speak of a pentagon but not of a tetragon or a trigon, although both words are correct in form.

    The Teaching of Geometry | David Eugene Smith
  • It was long, built around two sections of the tetragon, and with low divans beneath the view windows.

    Operation Haystack | Frank Patrick Herbert

British Dictionary definitions for tetragon

tetragon

/ (ˈtɛtrəˌɡɒn) /


noun
  1. a less common name for quadrilateral (def. 2)

Origin of tetragon

1
C17: from Greek tetragōnon; see tetra-, -gon

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