Adjective
- 1. rectangular, angular (vs. rounded), angulate
- usage: having four right angles; "a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide"
- 2. orthogonal, rectangular, perpendicular (vs. oblique) (vs. parallel)
- usage: having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"
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