Rectangle Definition

rĕktănggəl
rectangles
noun
Any four-sided plane figure with four right angles.
Webster's New World
Any such figure or shape that is not a square; oblong.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Rectangle

Noun

Singular:
rectangle
Plural:
rectangles

Origin of Rectangle

  • French from Medieval Latin rēctangulum a right triangle from Late Latin rēctiangulum Latin rēctus right reg- in Indo-European roots Latin angulus angle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin rectanglum (“right angle"), from rectus (“right") + angulus (“an angle").

    From Wiktionary

Rectangle Sentence Examples

  • The columns were united into a narrow rectangle by the advanced and rear guards.

  • Returns the bounding rectangle of the current clipping area.

  • The area of a rectangle, for instance, is found by calculation from the lengths of the sides, not by construction of a square of equal area.

  • The pixels copied will include the left and top edges of the specified rectangle but not the bottom or right edges.

  • The curved surface of any right cylinder (whether circular or not) becomes a rectangle, and therefore its area =length X perimeter of base.

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Words Starting With

RREREC

Words Ending With

ELEGLE

Unscrambles

rectangle

Words Starting With R and Ending With E

Starts With R & Ends With EStarts With RE & Ends With EStarts With R & Ends With LE

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With R9 Letter Words Ending With E