Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a parallelogram with four right angles;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rectangle \Rec"tan`gle\ (r?k"t??`g'l), n. [F., fr. L. rectus
right + angulus angle. See Right, and Angle.] (Geom.)
A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled
parallelogram.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rectangle \Rec"tan`gle\, a.
Rectangular. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rectangle
n 1: a parallelogram with four right angles
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "rectangle":
Little Joe, biquadrate, four, four-part diaphony, foursome, quad,
quadrangle, quadrature, quadrennium, quadrilateral, quadrille,
quadrinomial, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion,
quaternity, quatrefoil, square, square dance, squaring, tetrad,
tetragon, tetragram, tetragrammaton, tetrahedron, tetralogy,
tetraphony, tetrapody