Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rectangle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rectangle \Rec"tan`gle\, a.
Rectangular. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rectangle
n : a parallelogram with four right angles
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