Rectangle

rekfan-gl, n. A 4-sided figure, having only right angles; aright-angled paral elogram. — Rectan'gular, a. Right-angled; having one or more angles of 90°. — Rec'tify, -tl-fi, V. t. [-FIED (-fid), -FYING.] To make straight or right; to cor- -RppHnsrlP erroneous, or jw.i,utiigie. rect from a wrong, false state; to amend. {Chem.) To refine by repeated distillation or sublimation. — Rec'tifica'tion, n. or operation of rectifying, or of correcting, amending, or setting right. {Chem.) Proce of refining purifying any substance by repeated distillation. (Geam.) The determination of a straight line, whose length is equal to a portion of a curve. — Rec'til in'eal, -e-al, -ear, a. Right-lined; consisting of, bounded by, right lines. — Rec'titude, -tl-tud, Rightne of principle or practice; uprightne ; tegrity; honesty. — Rec'tor, -ter, n. {Episc.Ch.) clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish; a pastor: the head master of a public school; chief elective officer of some universities; superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house. — Rec'to rate, n. Office, rank, or station of a rector, rectorship. — Rec'tory, -to-ri, n. A parish church, sonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes; a rector's mansion or parsonage-house. — Rec'tum, n. {Anat.) The terminal part of large intestine.