'Rectangular' definitions:
Definition of 'rectangular'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having four right angles; "a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide"
adjective
Having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system" [syn: orthogonal, rectangular]
Definition of 'Rectangular'
From: GCIDE
- Rectangular \Rec*tan"gu*lar\ (r?k*t?n"g?*l?r), a. [CF. F. rectangulaire.] Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees. -- {Rec*tan"gu*lar*ly} (r?k*t?n"g?*l?r*l?), adv. -- {Rec*tan"gu*lar*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rectangular'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- cube-shaped,
- cubed,
- cubic,
- cubiform,
- cuboid,
- diced,
- elliptical,
- elongated,
- foursquare,
- normal,
- oblong,
- oblongated,
- oblongitudinal,
- orthodiagonal,
- orthogonal,
- orthometric,
- perpendicular,
- quadrangular,
- quadrate,
- quadriform,
- quadrilateral,
- rhombic,
- rhomboid,
- right-angle,
- right-angled,
- right-angular,
- square,
- tetragonal,
- tetrahedral,
- trapezohedral,
- trapezoid