rectangle

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/

Definition of rectangle

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
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noun

  1. Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
  2. Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square.
  3. (archaic)A right angle.
    “For why should you praise, for example, the integrity of a Square who faithfully defends the interests of his client, when you ought in reality rather to admire the exact precision of his Rectangles?”
  4. (archaic)The product of two quantities.
    “In Lines it [the product] is always (and ſometimes in Numbers) call'd the Rectangle between the two Lines, multiply'd by one another.”

adj

  1. (archaic, not-comparable)Right-angled.
    “a rectangle triangle”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).

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