1.
[syn: quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tetragon \Tet"ra*gon\, n. [L. tetragonum, Gr. tetra`gwnon;
te`tra- (see Tetra-) + gwni`a corner, angle: cf. F.
t['e]tragone.]
1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four sides and angles; a
quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc.
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2. (Astrol.) An aspect of two planets with regard to the
earth when they are distant from each other ninety
degrees, or the fourth of a circle. --Hutton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tetragon
n 1: a four-sided polygon [syn: quadrilateral, quadrangle,
tetragon]