Foursquare (Noun)
Meaning
(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon; "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides".
Classification
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
Examples
- The carpenter carefully crafted a foursquare frame to serve as the base of the table.
- In geometry class, the students learned to calculate the perimeter of a foursquare by multiplying the length of one side by four.
- The architect designed the building's courtyard as a large foursquare, with each side lined with stone benches.
- The artist's use of a foursquare composition added a sense of balance and harmony to the painting.
- The mathematician explained that a foursquare is a special type of rectangle, where all four sides are equal in length.