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View synonyms for rectangle

rectangle

[ rek-tang-guhl ]

noun

  1. a parallelogram having four right angles.


rectangle

/ ˈrɛkˌtæŋɡəl /

noun

  1. a parallelogram having four right angles Compare rhombus


rectangle

/ rĕktăng′gəl /

  1. A four-sided plane figure with four right angles.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rectangle1

1565–75; < Medieval Latin rēctangulum, Late Latin rēctiangulum right-angled triangle (noun use of neuter of rēctiangulus having a right angle), equivalent to rēcti- recti- + angulum angle 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rectangle1

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

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Example Sentences

The heart of Wynwood is the six-block rectangle radiating from NW 2nd Avenue between 23rd and 26th Streets.

The moist rectangle of cooked meat and molten blob of cheese are then layered in a hard roll.

“I care only about what is on the square or rectangle in front of me,” he said.

In the same way that square or rectangle frames separate a work of art from “reality,” our homes frame, define and separate us.

A huge 35mm film projector, click-clacking in our midst, shines a red rectangle onto a screen.

This rampart of dwellings was in the shape of a rectangle, and enclosed a large square or plaza containing a noble reservoir.

The ground plan is a simple rectangle, as shown in Figure 36, without partitions.

In the darkened room, the device threw a rectangle of light on the wall.

If two of the parallel sides of a rectangle are longer than the other two sides, as in Figure 66, it is called an oblong.

A few dials and a glass meter hung beneath each two yard rounded-rectangle of opaque glass.

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