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

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

Particle is his name, and he’s a glowing white figure with a circular head and a rectangular body, a mix of simple shapes that can convey an array of human emotions via elastic, exaggerated movements.

From Los Angeles Times