quadrangulate

present singular third person quadrangulates · participle present quadrangulating · participle past quadrangulated · past quadrangulated

1. transitiveTo divide (a plane or other surface) into quadrangles, often by removing the dividing line between two adjacent triangles (following a previous triangulation).

comparative more quadrangulate · superlative most quadrangulate

1. rareSynonym of quadrangular.

   In the mountains of eastern Mexico there is a striking form of Dasylirion that has a large, upright trunk and dense rosettes of long, thin leaves that are quadrangulate in cross section and more or less lack marginal leaf prickles.

   1998 January–March, David J. Bogler, “Three New Species of Dasylirion (Nolinaceae) from Mexico and a Clarification of the D. longissimum Complex”, in Brittonia, volume 50, number 1, Bronx, N.Y.: New York Botanical Garden, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 79, column 2

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   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 Waterson, […], →OCLC, folios 5, verso – 6, recto

   [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