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rectangular |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rectangular \Rec*tan"gu*lar\ (r?k*t?n"g?*l?r), a. [CF. F. rectangulaire.] Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees. -- {Rec*tan"gu*lar*ly} (r?k*t?n"g?*l?r*l?), adv -- {Rec*tan"gu*lar*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rectangular adj 1: having four right angles; "a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide"" 2: having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system" [syn: {orthogonal}]
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