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1. Quadrangle
   In architecture, a quadrangle or quadrant is a square or court surrounded by buildings. The buildings of monasteries were generally arranged in. quadrangles, as, for instance, the
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2. Quadrangle
   Inner courtyard.
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3. Quadrangle
   inner courtyard
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4. Quadrangle
   Quad'ran`gle noun [ French, from Latin quadrangulum ; quattuor four + angulus an angle. See Four , and Angle a corner.] 1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any fig...
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5. quadrangle
   1. <geometry> A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles. ... 2. A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, especially. Such a court in a college or public school in England. ... Origin: F, fr. ...
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6. Quadrangle
   • (n.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles. • (n.) A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public school in England.
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7. quadrangle
   in architecture, rectangular open space completely or partially enclosed by buildings of an academic or civic character. The grounds of a quadrangle ...
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8. quadrangle
   
   • a four-sided polygon
   • a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
   
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9. Quadrangle
   (Harvard) The `Quadrangle` at Harvard University, formerly called the `Radcliffe Quadrangle` or the `Harvard Annex dorms`, is part of Harvard`s undergraduate campus, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Generally just called `the Quad`, it is a traditional college quad except that it is not loca...
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10. Quadrangle
    (architecture) In architecture, a `quadrangle` (or colloquially, a `quad`) is a space or courtyard, usually rectangular (square or oblong) in plan, the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building. The word is probably most closely associated with college or uni...
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11. Quadrangle
    (geography) In geology or geography, the word "`quadrangle`" usually refers to a United States Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5-minute quadrangle map, which are usually named after a local physiographic feature. The shorthand "quad" is also used, especially with the name of th...
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12. Quadrangle
    (horse) `Quadrangle` (1961–1978) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1964 Belmont Stakes. Bred in Virginia by Paul Mellon, he was out of the mare Tap Day, a daughter of the Calumet Farm Champion stallion, Bull Lea. His sire was the multiple American stakes winner, Cohoes...
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