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rectangular (adj.)

1620s, from Middle French rectangulaire (16c.) or formed in English from Latin stem of rectangle + -ar. Related: Rectangularity.

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Definitions of rectangular from WordNet

rectangular (adj.)
having four right angles;
a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide
rectangular (adj.)
having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles;
a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system
Synonyms: orthogonal
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