You searched for:
“rectangular”
rectangular (rek-TANG-you-luhr) (adjective), more rectangular, most rectangular
1. Relating to a square-shaped structure that has four cube-like surfaces: A rectangular drawing is one that has four right angles which are also defined as an equiangular or quadrilateral figure.
2. Etymology: from the Latin rectangulus; a combination of rectus, "right" + angulus, "angle".
2. Etymology: from the Latin rectangulus; a combination of rectus, "right" + angulus, "angle".
This entry is located in the following units:
angle, angu-
(page 2)
recti-, rect-
(page 3)
regi-, reg-, rec-, rex-
(page 6)
Word Entries at Get Words containing the term:
“rectangular”
A solid that has four sides, with each junction at 90 degree angles; rectangular cuboid: In a rectangular prism, the opposite sides are equal in length and parallel to each other, but they are not equal in length to the sides that run perpendicular to them
This entry is located in the following unit:
Measurements and Mathematics Terms
(page 9)