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tetragonal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /tɛˈtɹæɡənəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu Proto-Hellenic *gónu Proto-Hellenic *-ía Proto-Hellenic *gonwía Ancient Greek γωνίᾱ (gōníā) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek τετράγωνος (tetrágōnos)bor. English tetragon English -al English tetragonal From tetragon + -al.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having four sides, like a tetragon.
2. (not-comparable) Having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angles 90°.
   • The eight normals of the tetragonal scalenohedron may carry the eight faces of a semiform in other ways than asymmetrically as regards the systematic planes. 1895, Nevil Story-Maskelyne, Crystallography: A Treatise on the Morphology of Crystals, page 255:

Coordinates

triclinic · rhombohedral · orthorhombic · cubic · hexagonal · monoclinic

Deriveds

tetragonally · tetragonal disphenoid · nontetragonal · tetragonality · ditetragonal

Synonyms

quadrilateral

Translations (6)

kk тетрагонды (having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angle 90°) · pl tetragonalny (having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angle 90°) · cmn 正方 (having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angle 90°) · cmn 四方 (having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angle 90°) · bg тетрагонален (having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angle 90°) · pl czworokątny (having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angle 90°)