Definition of rectangles Rectangles

/ɹɛˈktæˌŋgʌlz/ - [rektanggulz] -

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What does rectangles mean?

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Noun Plural: rectangles
rectangle - a parallelogram with four right angles
		parallelogram a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length
		foursquare, square a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles; "the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square"

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rectangle (Noun)
A quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angle s.

rectangle (n.)
A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.
rectangle (a.)
Rectangular.

rectangle
rek′tang-gl, n. a four-sided figure with all its angles right angles and its opposite sides equal.—adjs. Rec′tangled, having right angles; Rectang′ūlar, right-angled.—n. Rectangūlar′ity, the state or quality of being right-angled.—adv. Rectang′ūlarly, with, or at, right angles.—n. Rectang′ūlarness.—Rectangular hyperbola, a hyperbola whose asymptotes are at right angles to one another; Rectangular solid, a solid whose axis is perpendicular to its base. [Fr.,—L. rectus, right, angulus, an angle.]

A rectangle is a shape with four sides and four corners. The corners are all right angles. It follows that the lengths of the pairs of sides opposite each other must be equal.

Tables, boxes, books, and paper look like rectangles.

A rectangle with all four sides equal is called a square.