RECTANGLE


Meaning of RECTANGLE in English

/rek"tang'geuhl/ , n.

a parallelogram having four right angles.

[ 1565-75; rectangulum, LL rectiangulum right-angled triangle (n. use of neut. of rectiangulus having a right angle), equiv. to recti- RECTI- + angulum ANGLE 1 ]

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