rectangular

[ rek-tang-gyuh-ler ]

adjective

1. shaped like a rectangle.
2. having the base or section in the form of a rectangle:

   a rectangular pyramid.

3. having one or more right angles.
4. forming a right angle.

rectangular

/ rɛkˈtæŋɡjʊlə /

adjective

1. shaped like a rectangle
2. having or relating to right angles
3. mutually perpendicular

   rectangular coordinates

4. having a base or section shaped like a rectangle

Derived Forms

• recˌtanguˈlarity, noun
• recˈtangularly, adverb

Other Words From

• rec·tan·gu·lar·i·ty [rek-tang-gy, uh, -, lar, -i-tee], rec·tangu·lar·ness noun
• rec·tangu·lar·ly adverb
• nonrec·tangu·lar adjective
• nonrec·tangu·lar·ly adverb
• nonrec·tangu·lari·ty noun
• subrec·tangu·lar adjective
• unrec·tangu·lar adjective
• unrec·tangu·lar·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of rectangular¹

1615–25; < Medieval Latin rēctangul ( um ) rectangle + -ar ¹

Example Sentences

He is an intellectual educated at Oxford University, is never seen without his signature slim, rectangular glasses and has been dubbed "Mr Digital" thanks to his pledge to whip Ghana into a technological heavyweight.

From BBC

The rectangular stone tablet is in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey, where writers including Shakespeare, Dickens and Austen are commemorated.

From BBC

On each side of a long rectangular table, the two delegations, the prime minister and president with seven colleagues each alongside them.

From BBC

Imagine pulling on the long ends of a rectangular piece of rubber.

From Science Daily

Once the strike zone was digitised for TV in the early 2000s – appearing on screen as a white rectangular box – it created a nation of increasingly opinionated armchair umpires.

From BBC