adjective
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shaped like a rectangle
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having or relating to right angles
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mutually perpendicular
rectangular coordinates
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having a base or section shaped like a rectangle
Other Word Forms
- nonrectangular adjective
- nonrectangularity noun
- nonrectangularly adverb
- rectangularity noun
- rectangularly adverb
- rectangularness noun
- subrectangular adjective
- unrectangular adjective
- unrectangularly adverb
Etymology
Origin of rectangular
1615–25; < Medieval Latin rēctangul ( um ) rectangle + -ar 1
Example Sentences
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One of the current show’s larger conceptual pieces, “Memorial for the Victims of Organized Religion II,” fills a corner with 48 rectangular portrait-sized photographs, all of them solid black or dark blue.
From Los Angeles Times
But right now he couldn’t focus on anything except the rectangular card with his sister’s name on it.
From Literature
It’s a bunch of rectangular boxes stacked on top of each other.
Agility’s Digit robot, with its rectangular eyes and pincers for hands, looks a little more like science fiction and a little less like a human replacement.
From Barron's
His factory purchases raw seaweed, grills it with oil and salt, and cuts it into the familiar rectangular sheets sold in stores.
From BBC
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