rec·tan·gu·lar
(rĕk-tăng′gyə-lər)adj.1. Having the shape of a rectangle.
2. Having right angles or a rectangular base, side, or sides: a rectangular box.
3. Designating a geometric coordinate system with mutually perpendicular axes.
rec·tan′gu·lar′i·ty (-lăr′ĭ-tē) n.
rec·tan′gu·lar·ly adv.
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| Noun | 1. | rectangularity - the property of being shaped like a rectangleangularity - the property possessed by a shape that has angles orthogonality - the quality of lying or intersecting at right angles perpendicularity - the quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane (especially the plane of the horizon) squareness - the property of being shaped like a square |
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