different between rectangular vs oaktag

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??k?tæ??j?l?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k?tæ??j?l?/
• Hyphenation: rec?tan?gu?lar

Adjective

rectangular (comparative more rectangular, superlative most rectangular)

1. Having a shape like a rectangle.
2. Having axes that meet each other with right angles.

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

rectangle +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r?k.t??.?u?la/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /rek.ta?.?u?la?/

Adjective

rectangular (masculine and feminine plural rectangulars)

1. rectangular

Further reading

• “rectangular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

rectángulo +? -ar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rectangular m or f (plural rectangulares)

1. rectangular

Related terms

• rectángulo

Further reading

• “rectangular” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Adjective

rectangular m or f (plural rectangulares, comparable)

1. Superseded spelling of retangular. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Romanian

Etymology

From French rectangulaire

Adjective

rectangular m or n (feminine singular rectangular?, masculine plural rectangulari, feminine and neuter plural rectangulare)

1. rectangular

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

rectángulo +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?tan?u?la?/, [re??.t?ã?.?u?la?]
• Hyphenation: rec?tan?gu?lar

Adjective

rectangular (plural rectangulares)

1. rectangular

Related terms

• rectángulo

Further reading

• “rectangular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• oak-tag
• oak tag

Etymology

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Noun

oaktag (countable and uncountable, plural oaktags)

1. (uncountable) A flexible material akin to thick paper.
2. (countable) A rectangular sheet of this material.

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