Rectangular definition

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Having the shape of a rectangle.
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Having right angles or a rectangular base, side, or sides.

A rectangular box.

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Shaped like a rectangle; having four sides and four right angles.
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Having right-angled corners, or a base in the form of a rectangle, as a building.
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Right-angled.
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Having a shape like a rectangle.
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Designating a geometric coordinate system with mutually perpendicular axes.
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Rectangular Sentence Examples

  • It is built on the usual rectangular plan and the streets are wide and well paved.

  • When it is desired to have a uniform magnet with definitely situated poles, it it usual to employ one having the form of an ovoid, or elongated ellipsoid of revolution, instead of a rectangular or cylindrical bar.

  • The plan usually adopted is to collect the latex in rectangular tanks or casks.

  • This may be rectangular in shape (" straight " shed), containing a series of parallel tracks on which the engines stand and which are reached by means of points and crossings diverging from a main track outside; or it may take a polygonal or circular form (round house or rotunda), the lines for the engines radiating from a turn-table which occupies the centre and can be rotated so as to serve any of the radiating lines.

  • The plan consists of a large rectangular nave, with semicircular recesses for altars, opening out of the aisles, north and south.

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