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Rectangle
A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.
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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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Having four sides and four equal angles.
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The corner, or angle, of a figure.
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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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Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.
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Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.
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