rectangular

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: rec=tan=gu=lar
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CIDE DICTIONARY

rectangular, a. [CF. F. rectangulaire.].

 Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rectangular, adj.
1 a shaped like a rectangle. b having the base or sides or section shaped like a rectangle.
2 a placed at right angles. b having parts or lines placed at right angles.

Idiom

rectangular coordinates coordinates measured along axes at right angles. rectangular hyperbola a hyperbola with rectangular asymptotes.

Derivative

rectangularity n. rectangularly adv.

THESAURUS

rectangular

cube-shaped, cubed, cubic, cubiform, cuboid, diced, elliptical, elongated, foursquare, normal, oblong, oblongated, oblongitudinal, orthodiagonal, orthogonal, orthometric, perpendicular, quadrangular, quadrate, quadriform, quadrilateral, rhombic, rhomboid, right-angle, right-angled, right-angular, square, tetragonal, tetrahedral, trapezohedral, trapezoid

ROGET THESAURUS

rectangular

Quadrisection

N quadrisection, quadripartition, quartering, fourth, quart, quarter, quartern, farthing, fourthing, quadrant, quartered, quadrifid, quadripartite, rectangular.

Verticality

N verticality, erectness, perpendicularity, right angle, normal, azimuth circle, wall, precipice, cliff, elevation, erection, square, plumb line, plummet, vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular, plumb, normal, straight, bolt, upright, rampant, standing up, rectangular, orthogonal, vertically, up, on end, up on end, right on end, a plomb, endwise, one one's legs, at right angles.

Perpendicularity

N perpendicularity, orthogonality, verticality, orthogonal, perpendicular, rectangular, uncorrelated.

Angularity

N angularity, angularness, aduncity, angle, cusp, bend, fold, notch, fork, bifurcation, elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo, akimbo, corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel, coign, right angle, obliquity, angle of 45 degrees, miter, acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle, angular measurement, angular elevation, angular distance, angular velocity, trigonometry, goniometry, altimetry, clinometer, graphometer, goniometer, theodolite, sextant, quadrant, dichotomy, triangle, trigon, wedge, rectangle, square, lozenge, diamond, rhomb, rhombus, quadrangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, quadrature, polygon, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, oxygon, decagon, pyramid, cone, Platonic bodies, cube, rhomboid, tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron, prism, pyramid, parallelopiped, curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, angular, bent, crooked, aduncous, uncinated, aquiline, jagged, serrated, falciform, falcated, furcated, forked, bifurcate, zigzag, furcular, hooked, dovetailed, knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo, geniculated, oblique, fusiform, wedge-shaped, cuneiform, cuneate, multangular, oxygonal, triangular, trigonal, trilateral, quadrangular, quadrilateral, foursquare, rectangular, square, multilateral, polygonal, cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal.