rect-
variant of recti- before a vowel.
rect-
1 American
rect.
2
American
abbreviation
rect.
3
American
abbreviation
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receipt.
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rectangle.
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rectangular.
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rector.
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rectory.
rect
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of rect.
From the Latin word rēctificātus
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The civil affairs people have stacks of confiscated German chocolate in rect- angular cartons, and Marie-Laure and Madame Ruelle eat too many to count.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Friend Reuben,—I am in rect. of thine of 27th inst., and note contents.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 by Various
R. pulv., full; ditto, spirit. rect., empty; ditto, mur. hydrarg. seven-eighths full; ditto, ol. caryphyll., one-fifth full; ditto, ipec.
From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold
To cor rect them she took up dancing at the age of nine.
From Time Magazine Archive
This axiom enables us to compare the lengths of any two segments either respectively on parallel rects or on the same rect.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Whitehead, Alfred North
And he shall instruct and di- rect the Grand Exchequer of his Den, as to what appropriation and disbursement he shall make of the revenue of the * that comes to his hands.
From Ku Klux Klan Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by Lester, J. C.
A matrix intersects any moment in a rect.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Whitehead, Alfred North
But the actual rect ρ which is a locus of event-particles is never traversed by the being.
From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Whitehead, Alfred North
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