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rectangle

noun
/ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).

  1. derived from rectus
  2. derived from rectangulum

Definitions

  1. Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.

  2. Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide)

    Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square.

  3. A right angle.

    • For why should you praise, for example, the integrity of a Square who faithfully defends the interests of his client, when you ought in reality rather to admire the exact precision of his Rectangles?
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The product of two quantities.

      • In Lines it [the product] is always (and ſometimes in Numbers) call'd the Rectangle between the two Lines, multiply'd by one another.

    2. Right-angled.

      • a rectangle triangle

The neighborhood

Derived

golden rectangle, hyperrectangle, love rectangle, open rectangle, rectagraph, rectangled, rectanglelike, roundrect, subrectangle

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at rectangle. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at rectangle. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at rectangle

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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