What does rectangular mean?

rectangular means "having four right angles". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rectangular?

rectangular has 4 syllables: rec-tan-gu-lar. The stress falls on "tan". In IPA it is /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/.

What is another word for rectangular?

Close synonyms include orthogonal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rectangular a common word?

rectangular is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

rectangular — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having four right angles
“a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide”
Similarangular
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”
Synonymsorthogonal
Similarperpendicular

Questions about rectangular

What does rectangular mean?: rectangular means "having four right angles". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in rectangular?: rectangular has 4 syllables: rec-tan-gu-lar. The stress falls on "tan". In IPA it is /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/.
What is another word for rectangular?: Close synonyms include orthogonal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is rectangular a common word?: rectangular is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for rectangular come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having four right angles
“a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide”
Similarangular
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”
Synonymsorthogonal
Similarperpendicular

Questions about rectangular

What does rectangular mean?: rectangular means "having four right angles". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in rectangular?: rectangular has 4 syllables: rec-tan-gu-lar. The stress falls on "tan". In IPA it is /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/.
What is another word for rectangular?: Close synonyms include orthogonal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is rectangular a common word?: rectangular is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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