tetragonal

1. 1.

   of or relating to or shaped like a quadrilateral

Questions about tetragonal

What does tetragonal mean?

tetragonal means "of or relating to or shaped like a quadrilateral".

How many syllables are in tetragonal?

tetragonal has 4 syllables and divides as te-tra-go-nal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is tetragonal a common word?

tetragonal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.