Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the shape of a rectangle.
- adjective Having right angles or a rectangular base, side, or sides.
- adjective Designating a geometric coordinate system with mutually perpendicular axes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Right-angled; having an angle or angles of ninety degrees.
- Shaped like a rectangle; that is, having four sides and four right angles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
shape like arectangle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having four right angles
- adjective having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles
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Examples
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(Cake may be left in rectangular pan, if desired.)
FLOWER CUPCAKES Melissa 2009
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(Cake may be left in rectangular pan, if desired.)
Archive 2009-02-01 Melissa 2009
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The first series is incorporating plain rectangular elements which participate in the creation of parabolic volumes.
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The first series is incorporating plain rectangular elements which participate in the creation of parabolic volumes.
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I am proud of my quick adaptive thinking, and I dub the rectangular, jerry-rigged rabbit cage the FEMA Trailer.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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I am proud of my quick adaptive thinking, and I dub the rectangular, jerry-rigged rabbit cage the FEMA Trailer.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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I am proud of my quick adaptive thinking, and I dub the rectangular, jerry-rigged rabbit cage the FEMA Trailer.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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I am proud of my quick adaptive thinking, and I dub the rectangular, jerry-rigged rabbit cage the FEMA Trailer.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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Gorgeous inside but I don’t like the plain rectangular shape of the exterior.
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Nicodemus~ a tan complexioned man with long tangled black hair, resembleing untidy dreadlocks, a thin rectangular beard growing from his chin, piercing blue eyes and appearing to be in his early 30’s.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » CarsonArtist’s Review Forum 2009
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