See Also: rectangular(dictionary)
rectangular(dictionary)
rectangular amputation(medicine)

Galloway (iou) and rectangular (iou)


Galloway (iou)



Galloway noun. L16.
[An area of SW Scotland, comprising the former counties of Kircudbrightshire and Wigtownshire.]
A small strong horse of a breed originating in Galloway; any small-sized horse, esp. one suitable for riding. Also Galloway mare, Galloway nag, etc. L16.
(An animal of) a breed of sturdy hornless cattle originating in Galloway, black or (belted Galloway) black with a broad white stripe. M18.

rectangular (iou)



rectangular adjective. E17.
[from ANGULAR after French rectangulaire.]
Shaped like a rectangle; having four straight sides and four right angles; (of a solid body) having the sides, base, or section in the form of a rectangle. E17.
Placed or lying at right angles. M17.
A. S. Eddington The laws of mechanics..are usually enunciated with respect to 'unaccelerated rectangular axes'.
Having parts, lines, etc., at right angles to each Other; characterized or distinguished by some arrangement of this kind. E18.
rectangular coordinate Math. each of a set of coordinates measured along axes at right angles to one another (usu. in pl.). rectangular hyperbola Math.: with its asymptotes at right angles to one another.
rectangu'larity noun the quality or state of being rectangular or having right angles; fig. stiffness: E18.
rectangularly adverb in a rectangular manner or direction M17.