Meaning of Rectangle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
2. 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.
   archaic
4. The product of two quantities.
   archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“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?”

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

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