A rectangle has only two dimensions, for example, length and width. The longest side is usually called the length, the other side, the width.
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A rectangle is a two dimensional object: height, width and length are three dimensions.
length is base and height is width
A rectangle has only two dimensions, for example, length and width. If you multiply that, you get the area. A rectangular box has a length, width, and height. If you multiply all three, you get the volume.
Volume
A rectangle is a two dimensional object, with length and width but not height. An object with length, width and height could be a cuboid, in which case is it still the area that is required or the volume?