Definition of Rectangles

1. Noun. (plural of rectangle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rectangles

1. rectangle [n] - See also: rectangle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rectangles

rectal plexuses
rectal prolapse
rectal reflex
rectal shelf
rectal sinuses
rectal valves
rectal valvotomy
rectal varicosities
rectal varicosity
rectal vein
rectal venous plexus
rectalgia
rectally
rectangle
rectangled
rectangles (current term)
rectangular
rectangular amputation
rectangular coordinates
rectangular number
rectangularity
rectangularly
rectectomy
recti
recti-
rectifiability
rectifiable
rectification
rectifications
rectificator

Literary usage of Rectangles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1910)
"1 WE are indebted to Dr. C. Planck for a new and powerful method for producing magic squares, rectangles etc. This method is especially attractive and ..."

2. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1879)
"will be constant, whatever be the direction of these lines. For these rectangles are _ c _ _ J_ _ a cos2!? + 2h cos 6 sin 0 + b sin20 ' a ..."

3. Algebra: First Course by Edith Long, William Charles Brenke (1913)
"Addition of rectangles. As in Chapter IX, we can express multiplication of polynomials as a combination of rectangles. Draw the rectangle whose base is 6 + ..."

4. Algebra: First Course by Edith Long, William Charles Brenke (1913)
"Addition of rectangles. As in Chapter IX, we can express multiplication of polynomials as a combination of rectangles. Draw the rectangle whose base is b + ..."

5. Statistical Methods: With Special Reference to Biological Variation by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"This method of drawing the frequency polygon is known as the method of rectangles. If the tops of the middle ordinales of successive contiguous rectangles ..."

6. Nature's Harmonic Unity: A Treatise on Its Relation to Proportional Form by Samuel Colman (1912)
"The rectangles In all of the geometric forms which have been examined ... Indeed, so general is her application of the rectangles so created that it can ..."

7. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"A glass slide, in a metal frame, is ruled into minute rectangles, e. д., \ mm. by \ mm., so as to give a convenient area of ^ of a square mm. ..."

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