rectangle

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
rectangle
    n 1: a parallelogram with four right angles
from 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]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rectangle \Rec"tan`gle\, a.
   Rectangular. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]
from 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
antiflux / dictionary / rectangle
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