rectangular

[rek-tang-gyuh-ler]

adjective

1. shaped like a rectangle.

2. having the base or section in the form of a rectangle.

   a rectangular pyramid.

3. having one or more right angles.

4. forming a right angle.

rectangular

/ rɛkˈtæŋɡjʊlə /

adjective

1. shaped like a rectangle

2. having or relating to right angles

3. mutually perpendicular

   rectangular coordinates

4. having a base or section shaped like a rectangle

Other Word Forms

• rectangularity noun
• rectangularness noun
• rectangularly adverb
• nonrectangular adjective
• nonrectangularly adverb
• nonrectangularity noun
• subrectangular adjective
• unrectangular adjective
• unrectangularly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of rectangular¹

1615–25; < Medieval Latin rēctangul ( um ) rectangle + -ar ¹

Example Sentences

Near the back of the Skeik building, a large rectangular hole has been blown in the wall.

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Extra credit goes to Air’s creative direction and lighting designer, who locked the band inside a rectangular elevated platform that gave the look of performing inside a James Turrell sculpture.

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Such frames are made up of horizontal beams and vertical columns, and feature a largely rectangular skeleton.

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Just like rats, human participants were consistently able to estimate the distance correctly when they were in a symmetrical, rectangular box.

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The castle had a rectangular stone tower similar to a keep, a type of heavily fortified stronghold found in castles in Carlisle, Bamburgh and Lancaster in England.

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