- shaped like a rectangle
- having or relating to right angles
- mutually perpendicular: rectangular coordinates
- having a base or section shaped like a rectangle
recˌtanguˈlarity n recˈtangularly adv
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2023
rec•tan•gle /ˈrɛkˌtæŋgəl/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023- Mathematicsa four-sided figure with parallel sides, having four right angles:Every square is a rectangle, but not every rectangle is a square.
rec•tan•gu•lar
(rek tang′gyə lər),USA pronunciation adj.
rec•tan•gu•lar•i•ty
(rek tang′gyə lar′i tē),USA pronunciation rec•tan′gu•lar•ness, n.
rec•tan′gu•lar•ly, adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023- Mathematicsshaped like a rectangle.
- Mathematicshaving the base or section in the form of a rectangle:a rectangular pyramid.
- Mathematicshaving one or more right angles.
- Mathematicsforming a right angle.
- Medieval Latin rēctangul(um) rectangle + -ar1
- 1615–25;
rec•tan•gle
(rek′tang′gəl),USA pronunciation n.
- Mathematicsa parallelogram having four right angles.
- Medieval Latin rēctangulum, Late Latin rēctiangulum right-angled triangle (noun, nominal use of neuter of rēctiangulus having a right angle), equivalent. to rēcti- recti- + angulum angle1
- 1565–75
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rectangular /rɛkˈtæŋɡjʊlə/ adj
recˌtanguˈlarity n recˈtangularly adv
recˌtanguˈlarity n recˈtangularly adv