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quadrangle

Rectangular open space completely or partially enclosed by buildings of an academic or civic character. The grounds of a quadrangle are often grassy or landscaped. Such an area, intended as an environment for contemplation, study, or relaxation, was a feature of monastic establishments and the colleges that evolved from them. The quadrangular layout at New College in Oxford University (completed 1386), with its partially connected buildings, was enormously influential in subsequent collegiate building.

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quadrangle

1. Geometry a plane figure consisting of four points connected by four lines. In a complete quadrangle, six lines connect all pairs of points

2. a rectangular courtyard, esp one having buildings on all four sides

3. the building surrounding such a courtyard

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quadrangle [′kwä‚draŋ·gəl]

(civil engineering)

A four-cornered, four-sided courtyard, usually surrounded by buildings.

The buildings surrounding such a courtyard.

A four-cornered, four-sided building.

(mapping)

A four-sided tract of land, defined by parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude, used as an area unit in systematic mapping.

(mathematics)

A geometric figure bounded by four straight-line segments called sides, each of which intersects each of two adjacent sides in points called vertices, but fails to intersect the opposite sides. Also known as quadrilateral.