Rectangular synonyms

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quadrilateral
Four-sided
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oblong
(Botany) Having an elongated form with approximately parallel sides:
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square
Expressed in units measuring area:
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quadrangular
Having the shape of a quadrangle; In the shape of a quadrangle.
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quadrate
(Zool.) Designating a bone or cartilage of the skull in birds, bony fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, to which the lower jaw is joined
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orthogonal
Of two functions, linearly independent; having a zero inner product.
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hexagonal (related)
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rectangle (related)
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right-angled
(Not comparable, geometry) Having a right angle.
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triangular (related)
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cylindrical (related)
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four-sided (related)
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polygonal (related)
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semi-circular (related)
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conical (related)
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trapezoidal (related)
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u-shaped (related)
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hemispherical (related)
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semicircular (related)
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octagonal (related)
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concave (related)
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convex (related)
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foursquare
Having four equal sides and four right angles; square.
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boxy
Like a box, as in shape, plainness, or confining quality
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Rectangular Sentence Examples

  • It is built on the usual rectangular plan and the streets are wide and well paved.

  • When it is desired to have a uniform magnet with definitely situated poles, it it usual to employ one having the form of an ovoid, or elongated ellipsoid of revolution, instead of a rectangular or cylindrical bar.

  • The plan usually adopted is to collect the latex in rectangular tanks or casks.

  • The distribution of magnetism and the position of the poles in magnets of other shapes, such as cylindrical or rectangular bars, cannot be specified by any general statement, though approximate determinations may be obtained experimentally in individual cases.'

  • This may be rectangular in shape (" straight " shed), containing a series of parallel tracks on which the engines stand and which are reached by means of points and crossings diverging from a main track outside; or it may take a polygonal or circular form (round house or rotunda), the lines for the engines radiating from a turn-table which occupies the centre and can be rotated so as to serve any of the radiating lines.

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