Associations to the word «Rectangular»

Wiktionary

RECTANGULAR, adjective. Having a shape like a rectangle.
RECTANGULAR, adjective. Having axes that meet each other with right angles.
RECTANGULAR COORDINATES, noun. (mathematics) A less common term for Cartesian coordinates.
RECTANGULAR NUMBER, noun. (mathematics) A number which is the product of two consecutive integers

Dictionary definition

RECTANGULAR, adjective. Having four right angles; "a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide".
RECTANGULAR, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats