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Meanings of rectangular in English

Having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles.

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Usage of rectangular in English
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A large, curved desk dominated the far end of the rectangular room.
The Fall of Reach
2
At the far end was a rectangular conference table that seated twenty.
Transfer of power
3
He pointed: a rectangular line in the deck outlined the Giants' exit.
Non-Stop
4
These streets are rectangular; the streets of Cambridge abhor the straight line.
Your United States: Impressions of a first visit
5
Suppose I want to determine the surface area of a rectangular table.
Wired
6
Kesseley touched his breast, making sure the rectangular box was still there.
Rakes and radishes
7
Using your hands, form the meat into an oblong or rectangular shape.
Ebony
8
A sluice is basically a long rectangular box open at both ends.
Empty mile
9
There are in the United States many hundreds of rectangular water tanks.
Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design / American S...
10
The most noticeable peculiarity of the system is that it is rectangular.
Studies in Civics
11
I watched Claudel's perfectly fitted buttocks disappear through the small rectangular opening.
Monday Mourning
12
There it was: a small, rectangular metal box just under the eave.
The incumbent
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The house, from the outside, consisted of three stark, unadorned rectangular blocks.
The house of wittgenstein: a family at war
14
The head is low and conical, and the blade narrow and rectangular.
Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made Durin...
15
The houses were almost all wooden, and were disposed in rectangular blocks.
Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01
16
It formed a long, rectangular box in shape, thirty feet by six.
Night Shift
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