tetragon

Other forms: tetragons

Definitions of tetragon
  1. noun
    a four-sided polygon
    synonyms: quadrangle, quadrilateral
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    parallelogram
    a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length
    trapezium
    a quadrilateral with no parallel sides
    trapezoid
    a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides
    diamond, lozenge, rhomb, rhombus
    a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
    rhomboid
    a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
    rectangle
    a parallelogram with four right angles
    type of:
    polygon, polygonal shape
    a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
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