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rec·tan·gu·lar

 (rĕk-tăng′gyə-lər)
adj.
1. Having the shape of a rectangle.
2. Having right angles or a rectangular base, side, or sides: a rectangular box.
3. Designating a geometric coordinate system with mutually perpendicular axes.

rec·tan′gu·lar′i·ty (-lăr′ĭ-tē) n.
rec·tan′gu·lar·ly adv.
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rectangular

(rɛkˈtæŋɡjʊlə)
adj
1. (Mathematics) shaped like a rectangle
2. (Mathematics) having or relating to right angles
3. (Mathematics) mutually perpendicular: rectangular coordinates.
4. (Mathematics) having a base or section shaped like a rectangle
recˌtanguˈlarity n
recˈtangularly adv
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rec•tan•gu•lar

(rɛkˈtæŋ gyə lər)

adj.
1. shaped like a rectangle.
2. having a base or section in the form of a rectangle: a rectangular pyramid.
3. having one or more right angles.
4. forming a right angle.
[1615–25]
rec•tan`gu•lar′i•ty, n.
rec•tan′gu•lar•ly, adv.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.rectangular - having four right angles; "a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide"
angulate, angular - having angles or an angular shape
2.rectangular - having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"
perpendicular - intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other"
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Translations
مُسْتَطِيلُ الشَّكْلمُسْتَطيل الشَّكْل
obdélníkovýpravoúhlý
rektangulær
suorakulmainen
pravokutan
rétthyrndur
長方形の
직사각형의
pravokoten
rektangulär
ที่เป็นสี่เหลี่ยมผืนผ้า
có hình chữ nhật

rectangular

[rekˈtæŋgjʊləʳ] ADJrectangular
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rectangular

[rɛkˈtæŋgjʊlər] adjrectangulaire
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rectangular

adjrechteckig; coordinatesrechtwinklig
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rectangular

[rɛkˈtæŋgjʊləʳ] adjrettangolare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

rectangle

(ˈrektӕŋgl) noun
a two-dimensional, four-sided figure with opposite sides equal and all its angles right angles.
recˈtangular (-gjulə) adjective
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

rectangular

مُسْتَطِيلُ الشَّكْل obdélníkový rektangulær rechteckig ορθογώνιος rectangular suorakulmainen rectangulaire pravokutan rettangolare 長方形の 직사각형의 rechthoekig rektangulær prostokątny retangular прямоугольный rektangulär ที่เป็นสี่เหลี่ยมผืนผ้า dikdörtgen biçiminde có hình chữ nhật 矩形的
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