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[ rek-tang-gyuh-ler ] / rɛkˈtæŋ gyə lər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rectangular ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveshaped like a rectangle. having the base or section in the form of a rectangle: a rectangular pyramid. having one or more right angles. forming a right angle. Origin of rectangular1615–25; <Medieval Latin rēctangul(um) rectangle + -ar1 OTHER WORDS FROM rectangularrec·tan·gu·lar·i·ty [rek-tang-gyuh-lar-i-tee], /rɛkˌtæŋ gyəˈlær ɪ ti/, rec·tan·gu·lar·ness, nounrec·tan·gu·lar·ly, adverbnon·rec·tan·gu·lar, adjectivenon·rec·tan·gu·lar·ly, adverb non·rec·tan·gu·lar·i·ty, nounsub·rec·tan·gu·lar, adjectiveun·rec·tan·gu·lar, adjectiveun·rec·tan·gu·lar·ly, adverb Words nearby rectangularrectal artery, rectal column, rectalgia, rectal sinus, rectangle, rectangular, rectangular coordinate, rectangular coordinates, rectangular hyperbola, rectectomy, recti Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rectangularA dressage competition takes place in an entirely flat and rectangular arena. Ann Romney’s Horse Goes to the Olympics: 6 Key Facts About the Sport of Dressage||June 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST All lenses project circles; most cameras cut a square or rectangular image out of the middle of the optical pie. New Orleans' Hidden Violence|Blake Gopnik|January 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST Those on the highest roof are principally of the rectangular form, being probably a direct development from the square roof hole. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola|Victor Mindeleff and Cosmos Mindeleff Pat into a rectangular shape, one-half inch thick, on a floured board. A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband|Louise Bennett Weaver
It is rectangular in shape, 390 feet long and 270 feet deep, built around two inner courts. Handbook of The New York Public Library|New York Public Library It is not rectangular, although the eastern and western sides, now marked by long ridges, are roughly parallel. Casa Grande Ruin|Cosmos Mindeleff Fig. 5 represents a small, delicate specimen of rectangular shape, having two minute perforations. Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans|William H. Holmes
British Dictionary definitions for rectangular
adjectiveshaped like a rectangle having or relating to right angles mutually perpendicularrectangular coordinates having a base or section shaped like a rectangle Derived forms of rectangularrectangularity, nounrectangularly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rectangularoval, ovoid, quadrate, quadratic, equilateral, foursquare, squared, egg-shaped, elliptical, elongate, long, ovate, ellipsoidal, boxlike, boxy, orthogonal, rectilinear, right-angled, squarish |