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# rectangular

adjective (rectangular)

«rectangular» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Rectangular means shaped like a rectangle, with four straight sides and square corners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectangular/#m1)
2. A rectangular box or room (a cuboid, or rectangular prism) has rectangle faces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectangular/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths: describes a field, garden, room, box or pool with length and width; leads to area, perimeter or volume; rectangular prism. In everyday life: rectangular tables, rugs, swimming pools, envelopes. In science: crystals and bricks with rectangular faces.

### Examples

- A rectangular garden is 12 m long and 7 m wide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectangular/#x1)
- How much fence goes around the rectangular field? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectangular/#x2)
- A rectangular box is 4 by 3 by 2 inches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectangular/#x3)
- The rectangular pool has an area of 50 square meters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectangular/#x4)
- Our classroom has rectangular tables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectangular/#x5)
- A brick is a rectangular block. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectangular/#x6)
- A shoebox is a rectangular prism. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectangular/#x7)
- The envelope is rectangular, not square. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectangular/#x8)

### Note

Tells you to use length and width (and height for a box). Fence goes around (perimeter), carpet or grass covers (area), water fills (volume = length × width × height). Trap: picking the wrong one of these. A rectangular prism has 6 faces, 12 edges and 8 corners (vertices).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rectangular» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectangular/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rectangular» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rectangular.html) on Mova free.