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As a matter of fact, this comes in very handy for finding the area of a general nonrectangular region, as stated in the next definition.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Similarly, we have the following property of double integrals over a nonrectangular bounded region on a plane.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Finding the area of a rectangular region is easy, but finding the area of a nonrectangular region is not so easy.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

As we have seen from the examples here, all these properties are also valid for a function defined on a nonrectangular bounded region on a plane.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

What’s unusual is that Ohio is the only U.S. state with a nonrectangular flag.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2016