Category:Rectangle

Rec"tan`gle (rk"t`g'l), n. Etym: [f., fr. L. rectus right + angulus Angle. See right, and angle.] (geom.)

Defn: a four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled Parallelogram.

Note: as the area of a rectangle is expressed by the product of its Two dimensions, the term rectangle is sometimes used for product; as, The rectangle of a and b, that is, ab.

Rectangle Rec"tan`gle, a.

Defn: rectangular. [r.]