: having four sides
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
Complex geometries are deployed to resolve atypical spaces including triangles, circles and quadrilaterals that defy conventional rectangular rooms, or furnishings.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
This casting also gives more oomph to the musical’s love quadrilateral, which pairs Queenie and Burrs with a B-couple, the rising star Kate (the ever-magnetic Adrienne Warren) and her escort, Black (an exceptionally suave Jelani Alladin), who are here both darker-skinned.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
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Noun
This casting also gives more oomph to the musical’s love quadrilateral, which pairs Queenie and Burrs with a B-couple, the rising star Kate (the ever-magnetic Adrienne Warren) and her escort, Black (an exceptionally suave Jelani Alladin), who are here both darker-skinned.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
Complex geometries are deployed to resolve atypical spaces including triangles, circles and quadrilaterals that defy conventional rectangular rooms, or furnishings.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
The quadrilateral meeting attended by the foreign ministers of Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, held in Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad has ended a day earlier and a joint statement is expected.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
This casting also gives more oomph to the musical’s love quadrilateral, which pairs Queenie and Burrs with a B-couple, the rising star Kate (the ever-magnetic Adrienne Warren) and her escort, Black (an exceptionally suave Jelani Alladin), who are here both darker-skinned.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Quadrilateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quadrilateral. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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quadrilateral
1 of 2 adjective
quad·ri·lat·er·al
ˌkwäd-rə-ˈlat-ə-rəl 
-ˈla-trəl
: having four sides
quadrilateral
2 of 2 noun
: a polygon with four sides and four angles
Medical Definition
quadrilateral
adjective
quad·ri·lat·er·al
ˌkwäd-rə-ˈlat-ə-rəl, -ˈla-trəl
: having four sides
a quadrilateral muscle
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