rectangle
/ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/
rectangle noun: any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
Noun
rectangle (plural rectangles)
- Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
- Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square.
- A right angle.
- For why should you praise, for example, the integrity of a Square who faithfully defends the interests of his client, when you ought in reality rather to admire the exact precision of his Rectangles?1884, A Square [pseudonym; Edwin A. Abbott], Flatland […] , London: Seeley & Co., Part I: This World, § 12.— Of the Doctrine of our Priests, page 46
- The product of two quantities.
- In Lines it [the product] is always (and ſometimes in Numbers) call'd the Rectangle between the two Lines, multiply'd by one another.1728, E[phraim] Chambers, “Product”, in Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […] In Two Volumes, volumes II (I–Z), London: […] James and John Knapton [et al.], →OCLC, page...
Adjective
rectangle (not comparable)
- Right-angled.
- a rectangle triangle
rectangle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
rectangle in Hindi
- quadrilateral
- आयत āyat
rectangle in Tamil
- quadrilateral
- செவ்வகம் cevvakam
rectangle in Marathi
- rectangle
- आयत āyat
rectangle in Urdu
- quadrilateral
- مُسْتَطِیل mustatīl
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- rectangle in Bengali
- আয়তক্ষেত্র aẏotokkhetro
- rectangle in Telugu
- దీర్ఘ చతురస్రం dīrgha caturasraṁ
- rectangle in Malayalam
- ചതുരം caturaṁ
- rectangle in Kannada
- ಆಯತ āyata
- rectangle in Punjabi
- ਆਇਤ āita
- rectangle in Gujarati
- લંબચોરસ lambcŏras
- rectangle in Odia
- ଆଯ଼ତକ୍ଷେତ୍ର
- rectangle in Nepali
- आयतक्षेत्र, आयत
- rectangle in Pashto
- مستطيل mostatil
- rectangle in Tagalog
- rektanggulo, parihaba
- rectangle in Arabic
- مُسْتَطِيل mustaṭīl
- rectangle in Malay
- segiempat tepat
- rectangle in Indonesian
- persegi panjang
- rectangle in Persian
- مستطیل mostatil, راستگوشه râsat-guše
- rectangle in Thai
- สี่เหลี่ยมผืนผ้า sìi-lìiam-pʉ̌ʉn-pâa
- rectangle in Vietnamese
- hình chữ nhật
- rectangle in Myanmar
- လေးထောင့် le:htaung., စတုဂံ ca.tu.gam
Examples of rectangle in a sentence
- A rectangle is a square iff all four of its sides have the same length.
- A cylinder is a solid of revolution generated by rotating a rectangle about one of its axes.
- To get the rectangle to hide some of the text, make its z-order higher.
Forms of rectangle
| plural | rectangles |
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Origin of rectangle
Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).
Words formed from rectangle
Phrases with rectangle
Questions about rectangle
- What does rectangle mean?
- Rectangle means any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
- What is rectangle in Hindi?
- Rectangle in Hindi is आयत (āyat). See Rectangle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rectangle?
- Rectangle can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce rectangle?
- Rectangle is pronounced /ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/.
- What is the plural of rectangle?
- The plural of rectangle is rectangles.
Words near rectangle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rectangle (page history and authors); आयत (Marathi) (page history and authors); ചതുരം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); લંબચોરસ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); rectangle (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rectangle (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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