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Webster 1913 Edition
Rectangle
Rec′tanˊgle
(r?k′t??ˊg’l)
, Noun.
(Geom.)
A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.
☞ As the area of a rectangle is expressed by the product of its two dimensions, the term rectangle is sometimes used for product; as, the rectangle of a and b, that is, ab.
Rec′tanˊgle
,Adj.
Rectangular.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Rectangle
RECT'ANGLE
,Noun.
1.
A right angled parallelogram.2.
In arithmetic, the product of two lines multiplied into each other.