rectangle

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rectangle
n. parallelogram with four right angles

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Rectangle
In Euclidean plane geometry, a rectangle is any quadrilateral with four right angles. It can also be defined as an equiangular quadrilateral, since equiangular means that all of its angles are equal (360°/4 = 90°). It can also be defined as a parallelogram containing a right angle. A rectangle with four sides of equal length is a square. The term is occasionally used to refer to a non-square rectangle. A rectangle with vertices ABCD would be denoted as .

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rectangle

Noun
1. a parallelogram with four right angles
(hypernym) parallelogram
(hyponym) square, foursquare


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rectangle
nm. rectangle, oblong

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rectangle
n. obdélník