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单词 quadrilater
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quadrilateradj.n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quadrilaterus.
Etymology: < classical Latin quadrilaterus having four sides < quadri- quadri- comb. form + later- , latus side (see lateral adj.). Compare Middle French, French quadrilatère (1554; 1694 as noun), Italian quadrilatero (a1572).
Mathematics. Obsolete.
A. adj.
= quadrilateral adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > quadrilateral
four-nookedc1275
four-hernedc1290
quadrangular?a1425
four-corneredc1440
quadrangle1494
quadrivial1540
quadrangled1552
quadrilater?a1560
tetragonal1571
quadrangulate1592
quadranguled1592
quadrilateral1606
four-corner1640
tetragon1794
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > two-dimensional > quadrilateral
quadrivial1540
quadrilater?a1560
trapezite1570
quadrilateral1606
trapezate1826
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. sig. xvii. O ij v The figure signified by the quadrilater Superficies ABGF.
1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 30v Wherefore this present figure..is a quadrilater triangle.
1590 T. Hood tr. P. Ramus Elementes Geom. xiv. f. 13 A trapezium is a quadrilater triangulat, not parallelogramme.
1784 E. Sibly New & Compl. Illustr. Astrol. (new ed.) ii. 411 Every angle of a quartile is a right angle, and the same with the angle of a rectangle quadrilater figure, four of which fill a whole space.
B. n.
= quadrilateral n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > quadrilateral
quadranglea1398
tetragon?1608
quadrilater1636
quadrilateral1648
tetragonal1684
1636 W. Bedwell tr. P. de la Ramée Via Regia ad Geometriam x. 138 Here also, as before, the species or severall kinds have their denomination their angles, although it had beene better and truer to have beene taken from their sides; as to have beene called a Quadrilater, or a Multilater.
1684 J. Wallis Treat. Angular Sections ii. 7 If a Quadrilater be inscribed in a Circle, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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