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rectangular number

rectangular number noun: a number which is the product of two consecutive integers.

Noun

rectangular number (plural rectangular numbers)

  1. A number which is the product of two consecutive integers.
  2. A composite number; or a composite number which is not a square; or a composite number which is neither square nor heteromecic.

Forms of rectangular number

pluralrectangular numbers

Questions about rectangular number

What does rectangular number mean?
Rectangular number means a number which is the product of two consecutive integers.
What part of speech is rectangular number?
Rectangular number is a noun.
What is the plural of rectangular number?
The plural of rectangular number is rectangular numbers.

Words near rectangular number in the dictionary

  1. rectangular coordinates
  2. rectangular cuboid
  3. rectangular cuboids
  4. rectangular hyperbola
  5. rectangular hyperbolas
  6. rectangular number
  7. rectangular numbers
  8. rectangularise
  9. rectangularised
  10. rectangularises
  11. rectangularising

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