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quadrangulate

Today it means: To divide (a plane or other surface) into quadrangles, often by removing the dividing line between two adjacent triangles (following a previous triangulation). Full definition →

Late Latin quadrangulātus

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quadrangulate · verb¹

From quadr- + angulate, after quadrangle and triangulate.

quadrangulate · adjective²

Late Latin · borrowed fromquadrangulātus
English todayquadrangulate

From Late Latin quadrangulātus. By surface analysis, quadr- + angulate.

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