rectangle

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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
    — 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. The product of two quantities. archaic
    — In Lines it [the product] is always (and ſometimes in Numbers) call'd the Rectangle between the two Lines, multiply'd by one another.
形容词 adj.
  1. Right-angled. archaic,not-comparable
    — a rectangle triangle

词形变化

rectangles plural

词汇关系

下位词
oblong square
衍生词
golden rectangle hyperrectangle love rectangle open rectangle rectagraph rectangled rectanglelike roundrect subrectangle
相关词
rect angle rectangular rectification rectify rectilinear

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).
词源 2
Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”).
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