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Quadrangle vs Rhomboid - What's the difference?

quadrangle | rhomboid |

As nouns the difference between quadrangle and rhomboid

is that quadrangle is (geometry) a geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon while rhomboid is a parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle.

As an adjective rhomboid is

resembling, or shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid.

quadrangle

English

(wikipedia quadrangle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
  • A courtyard which is quadrangular.
  • * 1959 , , chapter 7,
    • I looked up from my desk and saw that suddenly there were big flakes twirling down into the quadrangle , settling on the carefully pruned shrubbery bordering the crosswalks, the three elms still holding many of their leaves, the still-green lawns.
  • The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
  • * 1959 , , chapter 13,
    • The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School.

    Synonyms

    * (geometry) quadrilateral, 4-gon, tetragon

    Hyponyms

    * (geometry) rectangle, square, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid

    rhomboid

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia rhomboid) (en noun)
  • A parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle
  • Any of several muscles that control the shoulders
  • A solid shape which has rhombic faces

    • Adjective

  • resembling, or shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid

    • Derived terms

    *rhomboidal *rhomboid fossa *rhomboid major muscle *rhomboid minor muscle *rhomboid-ovate *rhomboid protease *rhomboid ripple mark