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单词 quadrilateral
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Definition of quadrilateral in English:

quadrilateral

noun ˌkwɒdrɪˈlat(ə)r(ə)l
  • A four-sided figure.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For a quadrilateral ABCD find P minimising AP + BP + CP + DP.
    • In front of the classroom, her teacher babbled on about how to prove a quadrilateral was a square.
    • It's this quadrilateral KLMN we are going to be interested in.
    • The scene here has a total of 800701 quadrilaterals, and looks like this.
    • My guess is that these X's and quadrilateral shapes are caused by windows across the street reflecting the light of the low sun.
    • As part of this project the golden quadrilateral was merged with the East-West and North-South corridors.
    • Cut an 8x8 chessboard into two triangles and two quadrilaterals.
    • In Treatise on the quadrilateral al-Tusi gave the first extant exposition of the whole system of plane and spherical trigonometry.
    • The square, another bench mark, has the smallest contour ratio of all quadrilaterals.
    • The cross sectional outline is a quadrilateral having a foot surface, a dorsum and two ‘sides.’
    • Consider the first nontrivial instance of the equal-area problem, the quadrilateral shown in Figure 1.
    • Bennin then showed that the quadrilateral formed by a triangle's equalizer is, indeed, always a Pythagorean quadrilateral.
    • These are known as the diagonals of the complete quadrilateral.
    • The students were also not aware of relationships among quadrilaterals, such as whether all squares are rectangles or vice versa.
    • The complete quadrilateral is nothing but a 4-line in Morley's terminology.
    • The terrain I generated had a total of over 570000 quadrilaterals.
    • Klein had noticed that given five points, four of them always appeared to define a convex quadrilateral.
    • This point is labelled A 3b, to emphasize that it is a degenerate quadrilateral.
    • When four points are joined, they form a quadrilateral - a four-sided figure.
    • In which Barbara gets a little taste of karmic justice, as the eternal triangle becomes a quadrilateral.
adjective ˌkwɒdrɪˈlat(ə)r(ə)l
  • Having four straight sides.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is clear from the quadrilateral case that these spaces have several connected components.
    • I am quite aware of the danger in the curved shapes in contrast to the relative safety of quadrilateral shapes.
    • A quadrilateral meeting with Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam is also planned on the sidelines of the series of regular meetings.
    • The perimeter wall, up to 2.75 m. thick, encloses an irregular quadrilateral area of about 1.59 ha.
    • He said it had been decided to construct service roads for the highways being built under the golden quadrilateral project.
    • The motifs and figures represented include polychrome images of bison, masks, and quadrilateral signs of unknown meaning.
    • This type of superstructure could be erected on foundations with either round or quadrilateral contours.
    • Techniques were developed that guaranteed all quadrilateral surfaces were planar.
    • It turns out there are many different pairs of quadrilateral shapes that form a nonperiodic tiling pattern.
    • The structure was little more than a hundred story tall segmented cylinder protruding from a quadrilateral base.
    • As in Simone's painting, all the carpets depicted consist of rows of octagonal or quadrilateral compartments.
    • The bilobate living area has quadrilateral contours and is partly flanked by some horizontal logs and a vertical slab.
    Synonyms
    rectangular, oblong, right-angled, at right angles, perpendicular

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin quadrilaterus (from Latin quadri- 'four' + latus, later- 'side') + -al.

Rhymes

bilateral, collateral, equilateral, lateral, multilateral, trilateral, unilateral
 
 

Definition of quadrilateral in US English:

quadrilateral

noun
  • A four-sided figure.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The terrain I generated had a total of over 570000 quadrilaterals.
    • Consider the first nontrivial instance of the equal-area problem, the quadrilateral shown in Figure 1.
    • It's this quadrilateral KLMN we are going to be interested in.
    • The cross sectional outline is a quadrilateral having a foot surface, a dorsum and two ‘sides.’
    • My guess is that these X's and quadrilateral shapes are caused by windows across the street reflecting the light of the low sun.
    • As part of this project the golden quadrilateral was merged with the East-West and North-South corridors.
    • The complete quadrilateral is nothing but a 4-line in Morley's terminology.
    • In front of the classroom, her teacher babbled on about how to prove a quadrilateral was a square.
    • The square, another bench mark, has the smallest contour ratio of all quadrilaterals.
    • Cut an 8x8 chessboard into two triangles and two quadrilaterals.
    • Bennin then showed that the quadrilateral formed by a triangle's equalizer is, indeed, always a Pythagorean quadrilateral.
    • In Treatise on the quadrilateral al-Tusi gave the first extant exposition of the whole system of plane and spherical trigonometry.
    • The students were also not aware of relationships among quadrilaterals, such as whether all squares are rectangles or vice versa.
    • In which Barbara gets a little taste of karmic justice, as the eternal triangle becomes a quadrilateral.
    • These are known as the diagonals of the complete quadrilateral.
    • For a quadrilateral ABCD find P minimising AP + BP + CP + DP.
    • This point is labelled A 3b, to emphasize that it is a degenerate quadrilateral.
    • When four points are joined, they form a quadrilateral - a four-sided figure.
    • Klein had noticed that given five points, four of them always appeared to define a convex quadrilateral.
    • The scene here has a total of 800701 quadrilaterals, and looks like this.
adjective
  • Having four straight sides.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The bilobate living area has quadrilateral contours and is partly flanked by some horizontal logs and a vertical slab.
    • It is clear from the quadrilateral case that these spaces have several connected components.
    • I am quite aware of the danger in the curved shapes in contrast to the relative safety of quadrilateral shapes.
    • The motifs and figures represented include polychrome images of bison, masks, and quadrilateral signs of unknown meaning.
    • It turns out there are many different pairs of quadrilateral shapes that form a nonperiodic tiling pattern.
    • This type of superstructure could be erected on foundations with either round or quadrilateral contours.
    • The structure was little more than a hundred story tall segmented cylinder protruding from a quadrilateral base.
    • The perimeter wall, up to 2.75 m. thick, encloses an irregular quadrilateral area of about 1.59 ha.
    • He said it had been decided to construct service roads for the highways being built under the golden quadrilateral project.
    • A quadrilateral meeting with Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam is also planned on the sidelines of the series of regular meetings.
    • Techniques were developed that guaranteed all quadrilateral surfaces were planar.
    • As in Simone's painting, all the carpets depicted consist of rows of octagonal or quadrilateral compartments.
    Synonyms
    rectangular, oblong, right-angled, at right angles, perpendicular

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin quadrilaterus (from Latin quadri- ‘four’ + latus, later- ‘side’) + -al.

 
 
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