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rectangle en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic, not-comparable) Right-angled.
    • a rectangle triangle

rectangle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).

Meanings

  1. Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
  2. Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square.
  3. (archaic) A right angle.
    • For why should you praise, for example, the integrity of a Square who faithfully defends the interests of his client, when you ought in reality rather to admire the exact precision of his Rectangles? 1884, A Square [pseudonym; Edwin A. Abbott], Flatland […] , London: Seeley & Co., Part I: This World, § 12.— Of the Doctrine of our Priests, page 46:
  4. (archaic) The product of two quantities.
    • In Lines it [the product] is always (and ſometimes in Numbers) call'd the Rectangle between the two Lines, multiply'd by one another. 1728, E[phraim] Chambers, “Product”, in Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […] In Two Volumes, volumes II (I–Z), London: […] James and John Knapton [et al.], →OCLC, page 886, column 1:

Forms

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rectangles Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

oval · square · diamond · rhombus · circle · lozenge · triangle · rhombus · trapezoid · triangle · ellipse · circle · trapezoid · ellipse

Deriveds

subrectangle · hyperrectangle · roundrect · rectanglelike · rectagraph · open rectangle · golden rectangle · rectangled · love rectangle

Hypernyms

quadrilateral · shape · shape · polygon · polygon

Hyponyms

square (quadrilateral) · oblong (quadrilateral)

Relateds

rectilinear · rectangular · rectification · rectify · rect angle

Translations (133)

io rektangulo (quadrilateral) · sc retàngulu (quadrilateral) · ur مُسْتَطِیل (quadrilateral) · scn rittànculu (quadrilateral) · pl prostokąt (quadrilateral) · ja 長方形 (quadrilateral) · ca rectangle (quadrilateral) · is rétthyrningur (quadrilateral) · fa راستگوشه (quadrilateral) · th สี่เหลี่ยมผืนผ้า (quadrilateral) · aii ܬܵܘܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (quadrilateral) · tg мустатил (quadrilateral) · sh prȁvokūtnīk (quadrilateral) · vi hình chữ nhật (quadrilateral) · vls rechtoek (quadrilateral) · tr dikdörtgen (quadrilateral) · eo rektangulo (quadrilateral) · yi גראָדעק (quadrilateral) · hy ուղղանկյուն (quadrilateral) · mi tapawhā hāngai (quadrilateral) · fy rjochthoek (quadrilateral) · ast rectángulu (quadrilateral) · eu laukizuzen (quadrilateral) · ky тикбурч (quadrilateral) · de Rechteck (quadrilateral) · ug تىك تۆتبۇلۇڭ (quadrilateral) · lv taisnstūris (quadrilateral) · de Orthogon (quadrilateral) · ps مستطيل (quadrilateral) · gd ceart-cheàrnach (quadrilateral) · alt тӱс толукту булуҥ (quadrilateral) · ky тик бурчтук (quadrilateral) · mk правоа́голник (quadrilateral) · da rektangel (quadrilateral) · dsb pšawokut (quadrilateral) · la rēctagōnum (quadrilateral) · nv dį́įʼgo yistłʼah (quadrilateral) · ko 직사각형 (quadrilateral) · ro dreptunghi (quadrilateral) · su pasagi burung (quadrilateral) · ar مُسْتَطِيل (quadrilateral) · oc rectangle (quadrilateral) · mn тэгш өнцөгт (quadrilateral) · qu wask'a (quadrilateral) · ru прямоуго́льник (quadrilateral) · nl rechthoek (quadrilateral) · nv dikʼą́ągo heeneez (quadrilateral) · sq drejtkëndësh (quadrilateral) · kne kaman-ruwangan (quadrilateral) · sh правоугаоник (quadrilateral) · war rectanggulo (quadrilateral) · et ristkülik (quadrilateral) · tl parihaba (quadrilateral) · egy i-f:d:N23 (quadrilateral) · sk obdĺžnik (quadrilateral) · ia rectangulo (quadrilateral) · frr Rochthuk (quadrilateral) · kn ಆಯತ (quadrilateral) · szl prostokůnt (quadrilateral) · nv nineezgo dikʼą́ (quadrilateral) · fi suorakulmio (quadrilateral) · my စတုဂံ (quadrilateral) · pt rectângulo (quadrilateral) · sh пра̏вокӯтнӣк (quadrilateral) · cmn 長方形 /长方形 (quadrilateral) · ay wiskhalla (quadrilateral) · it rettangolo (quadrilateral) · ko 장방형 (quadrilateral) · ko 구형 (quadrilateral) · tg ростгуша (quadrilateral) · sh pravougaonik (quadrilateral) · ja 矩形 (quadrilateral) · lmo retàngol (quadrilateral) · cs obdélník (quadrilateral) · pms retàngol (quadrilateral) · ta செவ்வகம் (quadrilateral) · de Karree (quadrilateral) · tl rektanggulo (quadrilateral) · la rēctangulum (quadrilateral) · uz mustatil (quadrilateral) · km ចតុកោណកែង (quadrilateral) · be прастаку́тнік (quadrilateral) · lo ຮູບສີ່ແຈສາກ (quadrilateral) · gl rectángulo (quadrilateral) · fo rætthyrningur (quadrilateral) · he מַלְבֵּן (quadrilateral) · uz toʻgʻriburchak (quadrilateral) · izh oikianurkkain (quadrilateral) · tt турыпочмак (quadrilateral) · nn rektangel (quadrilateral) · ka მართკუთხედი (quadrilateral) · az düzbucaq (quadrilateral) · lt stačiakampis (quadrilateral) · so laydi (quadrilateral) · se rektáŋgel (quadrilateral) · el ορθογώνιο παραλληλόγραμμο (quadrilateral) · fa مستطیل (quadrilateral) · cy cyfongl (quadrilateral) · tg росткунҷа (quadrilateral) · tk gönüburçluk (quadrilateral) · sw mstatili (quadrilateral) · grc ὀρθογώνιον (quadrilateral) · hu téglalap (quadrilateral) · no rektangel (quadrilateral) · bn আয়তক্ষেত্র (quadrilateral) · bg правоъгъ́лник (quadrilateral) · cmn 矩形 (quadrilateral) · uk прямоку́тник (quadrilateral) · id persegi panjang (quadrilateral) · be прамавуго́льнік (quadrilateral) · gd dronn-uileannag (quadrilateral) · hi आयत (quadrilateral) · ms segiempat tepat (quadrilateral) · te దీర్ఘ చతురస్రం (quadrilateral) · ht rektang (quadrilateral) · tr mustatil (quadrilateral) · sl pravokotnik (quadrilateral) · eo ortangulo (quadrilateral) · sv rektangel (quadrilateral) · es rectángulo (quadrilateral) · hsb praworóžk (quadrilateral) · ga dronuilleog (quadrilateral) · pt retângulo (quadrilateral) · my လေးထောင့် (quadrilateral) · br skouergorneg (quadrilateral) · kum тюз мююшлюк (quadrilateral) · pa ਆਇਤ (quadrilateral) · li rechhook (quadrilateral) · csb prostonórt (quadrilateral) · mi tapawhā (quadrilateral) · kk тікбұрыш (quadrilateral) · fr rectangle (quadrilateral) · mi porowhā (quadrilateral)

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