tetragon
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tetragon
From the Greek word tetrágōnon, dating back to 1620–30. See tetra-, -gon
Example Sentences
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Focus on an offensive lineman, defensive lineman or linebacker: they almost always begin inside the television tetragon.
From New York Times
Thus we speak of a pentagon but not of a tetragon or a trigon, although both words are correct in form.
From Project Gutenberg
Just a great big tetragon on a central pivot.
From Project Gutenberg
A figure that is bounded by four straight lines is termed a quadrangle, quadrilateral or tetragon.
From Project Gutenberg
Of nouns in on, derived from Greek, the greater part always form the plural regularly; as, etymons, gnomons, ichneumons, myrmidons, phlegmons, trigons, tetragons, pentagons, hexagons, heptagons, octagons, enneagons, decagons, hendecagons, dodecagons, polygons.
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