The Biblical Ark of the Covenant is approximately 52. 5 inches long, 31. 5 inches wide, and 31. 5 inches high in the shape of a rectangular chest.

The building was designed to be in triangular shape because it could provide 20 % more of the office area to enjoy the harbour view as compared with the square or rectangular shaped buildings.

A cista is a bronze container of circular, ovoid or more rarely rectangular shape used by women for the storage of sundries.

Flags are usually rectangular in shape ( often in the ratio 2: 3, 1: 2, or 3: 5 ), but may be of any shape or size that is practical for flying, including square, triangular, or swallow tailed.

They are rectangular or trapezoidal in shape with a small enclosing chamber faced with large slabs of stone set on end and sometimes subdivided into smaller compartments.

The country is roughly rectangular in shape, becoming narrower toward the south and the farthest north.

The term refers to the shape of a letter box, a slot in a wall or door through which mail is delivered, being rectangular and wider than it is high.

In India the Palm leaf manuscript, with a distinctive long rectangular shape, was used from ancient times until the 19th century.

The National Geographic Society ’ s logo is a yellow portraitframe – rectangular in shape – which appears on the margins surrounding the front covers of its magazines and as its television channel logo.

Countries can vary the shape of their stamps to indicate the length of stay, like Singapore where a perfectly rectangular stamp indicates a 14-day stay, rounded rectangular a 30-day stay, or hexagonal a 90-day stay.

* Pixels on computer monitors are normally " square " ( this is, having equal horizontal and vertical sampling pitch ); pixels in other systems are often " rectangular " ( that is, having unequal horizontal and vertical sampling pitch – oblong in shape ), as are digital video formats with diverse aspect ratios, such as the anamorphic widescreen formats of the Rec.

Because of this runner, the mouldboard plough is harder to turn around than the scratch plough, and its introduction brought about a change in the shape of fields – from mostly square fields into longer rectangular " strips " ( hence the introduction of the furlong ).

They were rectangular in shape.

In addition to the most common rectangular shape, stamps have been issued in geometric ( circular, triangular and pentagonal ) and irregular shapes.

Television signals are transmitted in digital form, and their pixels have a rectangular shape, as opposed to square pixels that are used in modern computer monitors and modern implementations of HDTV.

The island appears rectangular in shape with three projecting peninsular corners.

High-frequency crystals are typically cut in the shape of a simple, rectangular plate.

The rectangular shape allowed integrated circuits to be packaged more densely than previous round packages.

The effects of filtering a rectangular pulse ; not only change the shape of the pulse within the first symbol period, but it is also spread out over the subsequent symbol periods.

The scutum originally had an oval shape, but gradually the curved tops and sides were cut to produce the familiar rectangular shape most commonly seen in the early Imperial legions.

In the C-plane we construct a set of rectangular Cartesian coordinates u, V with the origin at Q and such that both C and Af have finite slope at Q.

The diadem is a fillet with rows of pearls along its edges and a rectangular stone set about with pearls over the young Emperor's forehead.

The design of the controllers is similar to that of Mattel's Intellivision — the controller is rectangular and consists of a numeric keypad and a set of side buttons.

Each project applies the prototype rectangular form on stilts and ever-more refined enclosure wall systems, but each creates a unique set of exterior spaces that are an essential aspect of his creative efforts.

These skyscrapers were set within large, rectangular park-like green spaces.

The square piano ( not truly square, but rectangular ) was cross strung at an extremely acute angle above the hammers, with the keyboard set along the long side.

A milestone, or miliarium, was a circular column on a solid rectangular base, set for more than 2 feet ( 60 cm ) into the ground, standing 5 feet ( 1. 50 m ) high, 20 inches ( 50 cm ) in diameter, and weighing more than 2 tons.

The square rig, which reached its maximum development in the clipper ships and trading barques of the late 19th and early 20th century, relies on rectangular sails hung beneath yards, themselves suspended from the masts and set " square " ( i. e., at a right angle to ) the keel of the ship.

The street grid remained a set of rectangular blocks, and though no zoning commission or local authority directly oversaw construction, the unwritten code of carpenters, masons, and citizens kept the city a well-planned place.

A butler's sink is a rectangular ceramic sink with a rounded rim which is set into a work surface.

The metal floor is usually set up as a rectangular or oval track, and graphite is sprinkled on the floor to decrease friction.

It consists of a main rectangular structure flanked by two L-shaped wing corridors and a tail corridor, set at the edge of a large artificial pond.

Originally, a Indian / Ceylonese stupa had a hemispheric body (, " the egg ") on which a rectangular box surrounded by a stone balustrade ( harmika ) was set.

A voxel is a three-dimensional rectangular cuboid, whose dimensions are set by the slice thickness, the area of a slice, and the grid imposed on the slice by the scanning process.

А group is assigned the task of re-creating on paper a set of rectangular figures, first as they are described by the leader under one-way conditions, and second as they are described by the leader under two-way conditions.

The second principal type in North Europe has, as its most characteristic feature, a pronounced rectangular suspension loop set in the same plane as the bow, as found amongst the Hungarian examples, and is predominantly centered in Denmark and England during the later 10th and 11th centuries.

At USARS ( USA Roller Sports ) events, tracks are marked by four pylons set in a rectangular shape, while at NIRA ( National Inline Racing Association ) events, tracks are marked by multiple pylons that create an oval shaped track.

Olmsted and Vaux set aside a 40 acre rectangular area just south of Parkside Avenue to be used for sports and military drills.

The early set featured an oval-shaped TitanTron entrance and stage ( dubbed the " OvalTron ") which made it stand out from the Raw set with its rectangular TitanTrons.

It consists of a main rectangular structure flanked by two L-shaped wing corridors and a tail corridor, set at the edge of a large artificial pond.

The museum building, built of basalt and kurla stone, is a three-storied rectangular structure, capped by a dome set upon a base, which adds an additional storey in the centre of the building.