tetragonal

/tɛˈtɹæɡənəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

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adj

adj

Having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angles 90°.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu Proto-Hellenic *gónu Proto-Hellenic *-ía Proto-Hellenic *gonwía Ancient Greek γωνίᾱ (gōníā) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek τετράγωνος (tetrágōnos)bor. English tetragon English -al English tetragonal From tetragon + -al.

ditetragonal nontetragonal tetragonality tetragonally

tetragonal disphenoid

triclinic monoclinic orthorhombic hexagonal rhombohedral cubic

quadrilateral

diagonal hexagonal octagonal pentagonal heptagonal nonagonal decagonal triagonal

Questions

How do you pronounce tetragonal?

The recorded pronunciation is /tɛˈtɹæɡənəl/.

What does tetragonal mean?

Having four sides, like a tetragon.

Where does tetragonal come from?

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