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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having four right angles;
- Example: "a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide"

2. having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles;
- Example: "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"
- Example: "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"
[syn: orthogonal, rectangular]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rectangular \Rec*tan"gu*lar\ (r?k*t?n"g?*l?r), a. [CF. F.
   rectangulaire.]
   Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees. --
   Rec*tan"gu*lar*ly (r?k*t?n"g?*l?r*l?), adv. --
   Rec*tan"gu*lar*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rectangular
    adj 1: having four right angles; "a rectangular figure twice as
           long as it is wide"
    2: having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right
       angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of
       gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular
       Cartesian coordinate system" [syn: orthogonal,
       rectangular]