rectangle
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin rectanglum (“right angle”), from rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).
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[edit] Noun
rectangle (plural rectangles)
- (geometry) A quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
[edit] Synonyms
- (quadrilateral): oblong (not in technical use)
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- (quadrilateral): square
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quadrilateral
[edit] External links
- rectangle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rectangle in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- rectangle at OneLook Dictionary Search
[edit] French
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rectangle m. (plural rectangles)