Hidden Meaning
by David Pleacher
Published in the Spring
1983 issue of the
Virginia Mathematics Teacher


In each of the following arrays of letters, a definition is hidden.   Each phrase begins in the upper left hand corner and continues through the array, one letter at a time, moving either horizontally or vertically.   After discovering the definition, write the word that corresponds to it in the space provided.   (All definitions involve quadrilaterals.)


  A W W O T C O N
  S D T N O N E S
  E N G O T U C E
  G I N A I V E V
  M Z I O I T R E
  E N T J C E S O
  A L L L I A U F
  R E T A R D Q A

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  A Q U E A T E R
  R T A S L C E A
  E R D R I A P L
  C D I S H T I W
  T E S E T W O P
  A N P T I O F A
  L G A R S P O I
  E L L A O P S R

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  T W O C O N G E
  H E D I O Z R U
  A P O L L E P T
  P A R A E P A R
  R T I S L F A T
  S E D E S O R T
  T R I A N G Z X
  E U C L I A E D

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  A R E T E S E N
  L E S I D C U T
  T C A Y I O R R
  A N M E S N G S
  A G T R L R T S
  E L S A L R T Y
  W I T H A K I C
  A D E R T G H U

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  A Q U A D R A E
  Q E I I D E N T
  U A S S S S T R
  A D E L L C R E
  D R I T A O N E
  A C L A H H G R
  P R E T T T E U
  W A L W I T N N

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  A T R L E L S I
  T R A L A D S D
  E E P E R T S E
  R E O Z A I C O
  A D I N P T R N
  A W I O N E I G
  T H T H T H I R
  A D E T T N E U

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  A T J O A P N O
  S N E I D A R N
  E G M N L L A E
  T G N I E L S H
  H F O S E D I T
  E A T R A P A F
  M D I O Z E A O
  I D P O I N T S

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  A P W I S R D E
  R A M T H A L L
  A L A R E G I R
  A L R Y S H A C
  L E G O M T A S
  L L O O T G N E
  L L A D E L E S
  A D E R T M L O

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  A Q U A D A D S
  S U D S R I L A
  D A T L A R E T
  U E N W I T H T
  R S R I A P O W
  G O F A S E C U
  N I C O N S E T
  O C S E D I V I

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Thanks to Susan Courter for finding an error in #9.


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