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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles
Example:
a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system
Synonyms:
orthogonal; rectangular
Classified under:
Similar:
perpendicular (intersecting at or forming right angles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having four right angles
Example:
a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide
Classified under:
Similar:
angular; angulate (having angles or an angular shape)
Derivation:
rectangle (a parallelogram with four right angles)
rectangularity (the property of being shaped like a rectangle)
