Definition of quadrangle
1 : quadrilateral
2a : a 4-sided enclosure especially when surrounded by buildingsb : the buildings enclosing a quadrangle
3 : a tract of country represented by one of a series of map sheets
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Examples of quadrangle in a Sentence
since the weather was sunny, the convocation was held outside in the college's quadrangle
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The school opened its doors again on March 25, on a new 55-acre main campus across the street, with dorms for faculty and female students, and a grass quadrangle where students gather to play soccer and volleyball.
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Everywhere in Paris, soldiers stalked the streets in tight quadrangles, assault rifles at the ready.
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The idea took hold more than a decade ago, after Seuss’ other stepdaughter, Lark Grey Dimond-Cates, created a memorial sculpture garden of bronze Seuss characters for the quadrangle in Springfield.
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Her alma mater had received support from UNESCO and had served as a model school for foreign visitors, its cluster of marble-white buildings poised like an aristocratic swan among gray alleyways and sprawling, run-down quadrangles.
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As for Camila Mendes, who plays Veronica, thinks the love quadrangle will never go away completely.
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Origin and Etymology of quadrangle
Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin quadriangulum, from Latin, neuter of quadriangulus quadrangular, from quadri- + angulus angle
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playDefinition of quadrangle for English Language Learners
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geometry : a flat shape that has four sides and four angles
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: an open square or rectangular area at a college, school, etc., that is surrounded by buildings on all four sides
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