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Oblong :: Oblong (n.) A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad..

Taxaspidean :: Taxaspidean (a.) Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds..

Oblong :: Oblong (a.) Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular..

Rectangular :: Rectangular (a.) Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.

Wedge :: Wedge (n.) A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends..

Potential :: Potential (n.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coordinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the cente

Matrix :: Matrix (n.) A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns. The symbols may express quantities or operations.

Orthogonal :: Orthogonal (a.) Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another..

Sash :: Sash (n.) In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate..

Arrasways :: Arrasways (adv.) Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form..

Billiards :: Billiards (n.) A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished..

Plaid :: Plaid (n.) A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland..

Virginal :: Virginal (n.) An instrument somewhat resembling the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small piano. It had strings and keys, but only one wire to a note. The instrument was used in the sixteenth century, but is now wholly obsolete. It was sometimes called a pair of virginals..

Brick :: Brick (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp..

Palla :: Palla (n.) An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches..

Chase :: Chase (n.) A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc..

Plough :: Plough (n.) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc..

Prism :: Prism (n.) A transparent body, with usually three rectangular plane faces or sides, and two equal and parallel triangular ends or bases; -- used in experiments on refraction, dispersion, etc..

Birectangular :: Birectangular (a.) Containing or having two right angles; as, a birectangular spherical triangle..

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