rect-

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variant of recti- before a vowel: rectangle.

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Other definitions for rect- (2 of 3)

rect.¹

abbreviation

(in prescriptions) rectified.

Origin of rect.

From the Latin word rēctificātus

Other definitions for rect- (3 of 3)

rect.²

abbreviation

receipt.

rectangle.

rectangular.

rector.

rectory.

How to use rect- in a sentence

In this book they will find a helping hand which gives the "c'rect" card to play.
Punch, Or the London Charivari Volume 107, November 17, 1894|Various
Scuto mobili, cum adductoris musculi crist acut, rect, mediali; scuto immobili non majore quam immobile tergum.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2)|Charles Darwin
I say, air yer right k'rect that the flyin' mail comes through these yere parts?'
Tramping with Tramps|Josiah Flynt
Any rect in M which intersects all these levels in its set of puncts, thereby receives for its puncts an order of position on it.
The Concept of Nature|Alfred North Whitehead

But the actual rect ρ which is a locus of event-particles is never traversed by the being.
The Concept of Nature|Alfred North Whitehead

British Dictionary definitions for rect-

rect

rec't

abbreviation for

receipt

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