quadrangulate
quadrangulate verb: to divide (a plane or other surface) into quadrangles, often by removing the dividing line between two adjacent triangles (following a previous triangulation).
Verb
quadrangulate (third-person singular simple present quadrangulates, present participle quadrangulating, simple past and past participle quadrangulated)
- To divide (a plane or other surface) into quadrangles, often by removing the dividing line between two adjacent triangles (following a previous triangulation).
Adjective
quadrangulate (comparative more quadrangulate, superlative most quadrangulate)
- Synonym of quadrangular.
- The ſquared ſtones ioyned togither without anye cement, and the pointed quadrangulate corner ſtones [translating quadranguli] ſtreightlye fitted and ſmoothlye pulliſhed, the edges whereof were of an exquiſite vermillion coulour, as is poſſible to bee deuiſed: […]1592, [Francesco Colonna], translated by R[obert] D[allington], Hypnerotomachia. The Strife of Loue in a Dreame., London: […] [Abell Jeffes, John Charlewood, and Eliot’s Court Press] for Simon...
- [I]n the midſt of her [Diana’s] ſhining forehead appeared a certaine ſquared and quadrangulate circle [translating certa cosa rotonda, schiacciata, e liscia], glittering with wonderous luſtre and vnſpeakeable corruſcancie: […]1599, [Vincenzo Cartari], translated by Richard Linche, “Diana”, in The Fountaine of Ancient Fiction. […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, signature [H iv], verso
- Synonyms:
- quadrangular
Synonyms of quadrangulate
Forms of quadrangulate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | quadrangulates |
| present participle | quadrangulating |
| past participle | quadrangulated |
| past | quadrangulated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more quadrangulate |
| superlative | most quadrangulate |
Origin of quadrangulate
From quadr- + angulate, after quadrangle and triangulate.
From Late Latin quadrangulātus. By surface analysis, quadr- + angulate.
Words formed from quadrangulate
Questions about quadrangulate
- What does quadrangulate mean?
- Quadrangulate means to divide (a plane or other surface) into quadrangles, often by removing the dividing line between two adjacent triangles (following a previous triangulation).
- What part of speech is quadrangulate?
- Quadrangulate can be a verb or an adjective.
- What is the past tense of quadrangulate?
- The past tense of quadrangulate is quadrangulated.
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