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English

Image:Geometry Rectangle.png|thumb|right|A rectangle tilted to the side.

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-rectangle.ogg


Noun

rectangle (plural rectangles)

  1. A quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.


Synonyms

  • (quadrilateral): oblong (not in technical use)


Translations

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de:rectangle fr:rectangle ko:rectangle io:rectangle id:rectangle it:rectangle hu:rectangle ja:rectangle fi:rectangle ta:rectangle te:rectangle vi:rectangle zh:rectangle

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rectangle \Rec"tan`gle\ (r?k"t??`g'l), n. [F., fr. L. rectus
right + angulus angle. See Right, and Angle.] (Geom.)
A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled
parallelogram.
[1913 Webster]

Note: As the area of a rectangle is expressed by the product
of its two dimensions, the term rectangle is sometimes
used for product; as, the rectangle of a and b, that
is, ab.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rectangle \Rec"tan`gle\, a.
Rectangular. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet rectangle
n : a parallelogram with four right angles
Moby Dictionary
Little Joe , biquadrate , four , four-part diaphony , foursome , quad ,
quadrangle , quadrature , quadrennium , quadrilateral , quadrille ,
quadrinomial , quadruplet , quartet , quatern , quaternary , quaternion ,
quaternity , quatrefoil , square , square dance , squaring , tetrad ,
tetragon , tetragram , tetragrammaton , tetrahedron , tetralogy ,
tetraphony , tetrapody


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