Definition of Oblongness

1. Noun. The property of being shaped like a rectangle.

Exact synonyms: Rectangularity
Generic synonyms: Angularity
Specialized synonyms: Orthogonality, Perpendicularity, Squareness
Derivative terms: Oblong, Rectangular

Definition of Oblongness

1. n. State or quality of being oblong.

Definition of Oblongness

1. Noun. The quality of being oblong in shape. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oblongness

obliviously
obliviousness
obliviousnesses
obliviscence
oblong
oblong fovea of arytenoid cartilage
oblong leaf
oblong number
oblong pit of arytenoid cartilage
oblong woodsia
oblongata
oblongatal
oblongatas
oblongish
oblongly
oblongness (current term)
oblongs
oblongum
obloquial
obloquies
obloquious
obloquoy
obloquy
obluctation
obluctations
oblyrate
obmutescence
obmutescent
obnoctious
obnoses

Literary usage of Oblongness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on the Philosophy of Kant and Other Philosophical Lectures & Essays by Henry Sidgwick (1905)
"... lines but not of straightness ; of obtuseness and acuteness of angles but not of Tightness ; of oblongness in rectangular figures but not of squareness ..."

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