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Word: Rectangle
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from medieval Latin rectangulum, from late Latin rectiangulum, based on Latin rectus ‘straight’ + angulus ‘an angle’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈrɛktaŋɡl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a plane figure with four straight sides and four right angles, especially one with unequal adjacent sides, in contrast to a square.
Short Definition:plane figure with four straight sides and four right angles
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