Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Rectangle

Rectangle (r?k"t??`g'l) , noun

[French, from Latin rectus right + angulus angle. See Right, and Angle.]

(Geometry) A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.

As the area of a rectangle is expressed by the product of its two dimensions, the term rectangle is sometimes used for product; as, the rectangle of a and b, that is, ab.

Rectangle , adjective

Rectangular. [Rare]