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rec·tan·gle

(rĕk′tăng′gəl)

A four-sided plane figure with four right angles.

[French, from Medieval Latin rēctangulum, a right triangle, from Late Latin rēctiangulum : Latin rēctus, right; see reg- in Indo-European roots + Latin angulus, angle.]

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rectangle

(ˈrɛkˌtæŋɡəl)

(Mathematics) a parallelogram having four right angles. Compare rhombus

[C16: from Medieval Latin rectangulum, from Latin rectus straight + angulus angle]

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rec•tan•gle

(ˈrɛkˌtæŋ gəl)

n.

a parallelogram having four right angles.

[1565–75; < Medieval Latin rēct(i)angulum, n. use of neuter of Late Latin rēctiangulus having a right angle =rēcti- recti- + -angulus, adj. derivative of Latin angulus angle¹]

rectangle

To calculate the area of a rectangle, multiply the length by the width. A rectangle with a length of 10 feet and a width of 5 feet has an area of 50 square feet.

rec·tan·gle

(rĕk′tăng′gəl)

A four-sided plane figure with four right angles. A rectangle whose sides are equal is a square.

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Noun

rectangle - a parallelogram with four right angles

foursquare, square - (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"

parallelogram - a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length

box - a rectangular drawing; "the flowchart contained many boxes"

Translations

مستطيلمُسْتَطيلمُسْتَطِيل

правоъгълник

rectangle

obdélníkpravoúhelník

rektangel

Rechteck KarreeOrthogon

ορθογώνιο ορθογώνιο παραλληλόγραμμο

ortangulorektangulo

rectángulo

ristkülik

مستطیل

suorakaidesuorakulmio

rectangle

מלבן

आयतसमकोण समानान्तर चतुर्भुज

pravokutnik

téglalap

rectangulo

persegi panjang

rétthyrningur

rettangolo rettangolare

長方形

직사각형

rectangulum

stačiakampio formosstačiakampis

taisnstūris

dreptunghi

obdĺžnikpravouhlý štvoruholník

pravokotnik

pravougaonikправоугаоник

rektangel

mstatili

รูปสี่เหลี่ยมผืนผ้าสี่เหลี่ยมผืนผ้า

dikdörtgen

прямокутник

مستطیل

hình chữ nhật

矩形长方形

rectangle

[ˈrekˌtæŋgl] N → rectángulo m

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rectangle

[ˈrɛktæŋg^əl] n → rectangle m

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rectangle

n → Rechteck nt

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rectangle

[ˈrɛkˌtæŋgl] n → rettangolo

rectangle

(ˈrektӕŋgl) noun

a two-dimensional, four-sided figure with opposite sides equal and all its angles right angles.

recˈtangular (-gjulə) adjective

rectangle

→ مُسْتَطِيل obdélník rektangel Rechteck ορθογώνιο rectángulo suorakaide rectangle pravokutnik rettangolo 長方形 직사각형 rechthoek rektangel prostokąt retângulo прямоугольник rektangel สี่เหลี่ยมผืนผ้า dikdörtgen hình chữ nhật 长方形

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