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Rectangular : adj
1: having four right angles; "a rectangular figure twice as
long as it is wide"
2: having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at
right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship's center
of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular
Cartesian coordinate system" [syn: orthogonal]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Rectangular : \Rec*tan"gu*lar\ (r?k*t?n"g?*l?r), a. [CF. F.
rectangulaire.]
Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees. --
Rec*tan"gu*lar*ly (r?k*t?n"g?*l?r*l?), adv. --
Rec*tan"gu*lar*ness, n.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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