different between rectangular vs rectilinear

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 Superseded spelling of retangular. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere.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

Etymology

From post-Classical Latin; either from rectil?ne?ris or from rectil?neus (whence rectiline) + -ar, in both cases ultimately deriving from rectus (“straight”) + l?nea (“line”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???kt??l?ni?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???kt??l?n??/
• Hyphenation: rec?ti?lin?ear

Adjective

rectilinear (comparative more rectilinear, superlative most rectilinear)

1. In a straight line.

   The crankshaft and connecting rods of an engine convert the rectilinear motion of the pistons to rotary motion of the flywheel.

2. (geometry, art) Formed from straight lines.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• rectilinear in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• rectilinear at OneLook Dictionary Search