quadrangulate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To divide (a plane or other surface) into quadrangles, often by removing the dividing line between two adjacent triangles (following a previous triangulation).
Transitive verb
adj
Synonym of quadrangular.
Example Sentences
- "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: […]"
- "[I]n the midſt of her [Diana’s] ſhining forehead appeared a certaine ſquared and quadrangulate circle [translating certa cosa rotonda, schiacciata, e liscia], glittering with wonderous luſtre and vnſpeakeable corruſcancie: […]"
- "In the mountains of eastern Mexico there is a striking form of Dasylirion that has a large, upright trunk and dense rosettes of long, thin leaves that are quadrangulate in cross section and more or less lack marginal leaf prickles."
Etymology
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Inflected Forms
quadrangulates (present, singular)
quadrangulating (participle, present)
quadrangulated (participle, past)
quadrangulated (past)
more quadrangulate (comparative)
most quadrangulate (superlative)