rectangle
noun
rect·an·gle
ˈrek-ˌtaŋ-gəl 
: a parallelogram all of whose angles are right angles
especially
: one with adjacent sides of unequal length
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Sherman Oaks, California Architect Young Woo's 1959 Birdcage House is a split-level rectangle set off by front, side, and overhead slatted screens and lush surrounding terrain.
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The Week Us, theweek, 7 Feb. 2024
Researchers manually labeled those bugs to help train the AI model by outlining the insects with a rectangle.
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Danny takes inspiration from the iconic Jean-Michel Basquiat and creates a beautiful colorful border of sauce around his rectangle of paella with black rice, black garlic, and seafood, and the judges praise how creative the idea is and how perfectly cooked his seafood is.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 May 2024
Dating to the year 1200, this broad rectangle is surrounded by top sights and splendid porticoes.
—Kelsy Chauvin, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2023
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The Week Us, theweek, 7 Feb. 2024
Researchers manually labeled those bugs to help train the AI model by outlining the insects with a rectangle.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 6 June 2024
Danny takes inspiration from the iconic Jean-Michel Basquiat and creates a beautiful colorful border of sauce around his rectangle of paella with black rice, black garlic, and seafood, and the judges praise how creative the idea is and how perfectly cooked his seafood is.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 May 2024
Dating to the year 1200, this broad rectangle is surrounded by top sights and splendid porticoes.
—Kelsy Chauvin, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2023
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rectangle
noun
rect·an·gle
ˈrek-ˌtaŋ-gəl
: a four-sided polygon that has four right angles and each pair of opposite sides parallel and of the same length
Etymology
from Latin rectangulus "having a right angle," from earlier Latin rectus "right" and angulus "angle"
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