TETRAGON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tetragon mean? 

• TETRAGON (noun)
  The noun TETRAGON has 1 sense:

1. a four-sided polygon

  Familiarity information: TETRAGON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TETRAGON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A four-sided polygon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

quadrangle; quadrilateral; tetragon

Hypernyms ("tetragon" is a kind of...):

polygon; polygonal shape (a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tetragon"):

parallelogram (a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length)

trapezium (a quadrilateral with no parallel sides)

trapezoid (a quadrilateral with two parallel sides)

Derivation:

tetragonal (of or relating to or shaped like a quadrilateral)