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The root word Rect is from the Latin word rectus meaning right. thats why you have words like rectangle and rectify.

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What does the root word rect mean?

Rectify is derived from the Latin "rectus", meaning "straight". Hence rectify means "to straighten" or by extension "to correct" or "to make right".


What is the Latin root for straight?

Reg- and rect-, which are ultimately from the same source (Proto-Indo-European *reg). The root "reg-" gives us words like "regular", "regimen" and "rule" (the last via French, hence the loss of the 'g'); the root "rect-" gives us "rectify", "direct", "rectilinear" and so forth.


Root word for rectangle?

There is also the root "tang" which could be part of words like rectangle and tangent, but on the search engine I used, rectangle only showed up under "rect" and not "tang".


What is the abbreviation of rectangular?

RECT


What does the prefix rect mean?

Straight


What is a Greek root word that means straight or correct?

The Greek root word "ortho-" means straight or correct. This root is commonly found in words such as orthodontist (a dentist who corrects irregularities of the teeth) and orthodox (adhering to traditional or correct beliefs).


Implement a base class Geo and derived from this class Rect a constraint such as any derived classes from Geo must have method to calculate the area.Derive from Rect class Sqr its const take one value?

This is not a question, it is an assignment. class Geo { public: virtual double area (void) const = 0; virtual ~Geo (void) {} // ... }; class Rect : public Geo { private: double m_width; double m_height; public: Rect (double width, double height): m_width (width), m_height (height) {} double area (void) const override { return m_width * m_height; } ~Rect (void) override {}; // ... }; class Sqr : public Rect { public: Sqr (double width): Rect {width, width} {} ~Sqr (void) override {} // ... };


What prefix means straight?

The prefix that means straight is "ortho-".


How did the rectangle get its name?

From its right angle. right angle --> rect angle.


How many syllables has the word directory?

4, di-rect-or-y


How many syllables does incorrectly have?

There are four syllables. In-cor-rect-ly.


How many syllables are in the word correct?

There are two syllables. Cor-rect.