rectangled

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English

Etymology

From rectangle +‎ -ed.

Adjective

rectangled (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) rectangular
    • 1729, Johann Jacob HAINLIN, Synopsis mathematica universalis: or, A brief system of the mathematics, for young students ... By Venterus Mandey, page 228:
      To find the Area of a Rectangled Quadrangle. We measure Areas, by the Superficies of any Square measure
  2. (slang) tangled (from a rebracketing of "rectangle" as "rec tangle")

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