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rectangularity|rɛktæŋgjʊˈlærɪtɪ|
[f. rectangular a. + -ity.]
The quality or state of being rectangular, or having right angles. Also fig. stiffness.
1727in Bailey vol. II. 1804 M. Edgeworth Ennui ix, She sketched, in strong caricature, my relaxed elongation of limb, and his rigid rectangularity. 1849Dana Geol. iii. (1850) 281 note, The rectangularity in the intersections. 1861Sarah Tytler Papers Thoughtful Girls (1863) 37 It is almost impossible for a sensitive girl to deviate from the beaten track without a sense of oddity and rectangularity perplexing and harassing her. |
