Rectangular

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "rectangular":
     cube-shaped, cubed, cubic, cubiform, cuboid, diced, elliptical,
     elongated, foursquare, normal, oblong, oblongated, oblongitudinal,
     orthodiagonal, orthogonal, orthometric, perpendicular,
     quadrangular, quadrate, quadriform, quadrilateral, rhombic,
     rhomboid, right-angle, right-angled, right-angular, square,
     tetragonal, tetrahedral, trapezohedral, trapezoid