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The use of "square" to mean "rectangular"

Central AvenueCentral Avenue
edited 2011-03-09 13:18:26 in General
I know it's hip to be square and all, but really, doesn't using "square" and "rectangular" interchangeably kinda, you know, defeat the purpose of having a separate word for a rectangle in which all sides are the same length?

(This has bugged me since I was a child.)

Comments

  • NoimportaNoimporta
    The solution is to think of the square as a rhombus in which all angles are the same.
  • arksarks
    When an object is "square" I think it means it has square angles. Otherwise "cuboid" would be more accurate. Unless the object is "squared" which is something completely different.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    The problem here is that square is also an adjective meaning "consisting of 90 degree angles."
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Which is what "rectangular" literally means.
  • DYREDYRE
    Well, to be rectangular it has to have exactly four 90 degree angles, and no other angles.

    Something can have one or more 90 degree angles without being rectangular.

    Then again, in that case it also won't be square so that really doesn't matter.
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    But how can we have square angles if something needs four angles to be square?

    /shitpost
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