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Rectangle

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

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Box 76% connected

A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B.…

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Foursquare 76% connected

Having four sides and four equal angles.

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Square 76% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Parallelogram 76% connected

A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in popular usage to a rectangl…

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Rectangular 74% connected

Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.

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Rectangular 74% connected

Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.

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