Meaning & Definition of Rectangular in English
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Rectangular
/rɛktæŋgjələr/
adjective
1. Having four right angles
- "A rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide"
synonym:
- rectangular
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"
synonym:
- orthogonal,
- rectangular
Examples of using
A polar bear is a rectangular bear after a coordinate transform.
Here’s my flag for Nynorsk. Because the philosophy of Nynorsk is based on the maximum divergence from Danish, Danish background of the flag is to be replaced with Icelandic, because Icelandic served as inspiration for the language creators. The flag is not rectangular in form, because... Well, that Nynorsk is strange after all.