rectangle
Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
Other meanings
Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a .
The product of two quantities.
Related words
- hyperrectangle
- rectagraph
- rectangled
- rectanglelike
- roundrect
- subrectangle
- golden rectangle
- love rectangle
- open rectangle
Word history
From Latin "rectus" (right).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “rectangle” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.