right angle

See also: right-angle

English

 right angle on Wikipedia

Etymology

Calque of Latin angulus rectus.

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Noun

right angle (plural right angles)

2. (geometry) Half of the angle formed by a single straight line, equivalent to 90 degrees.

   Coordinate terms: acute angle, obtuse angle

3. (mathematics) An ∟ character.

Derived terms

• at right angles to
• right-angled

Related terms

• rectangle
• right triangle

Translations

angle of 90 degrees

Arabic: زَاوِيَة قَائِمَة f (zāwiya(t) qāʔima) Asturian: ángulu reutu (ast) m Azerbaijani: düz bucaq Bengali: সমকোণ (bn) (śomkōn) Bulgarian: прав ъ́гъл m (prav ǎ́gǎl) Burmese: ထောင့်မှန် (my) (htaung.hman), ကျင်တွယ်ထောင့် (my) (kyangtwaihtaung.) Catalan: angle recte (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 直角 (zh) (zhíjiǎo) Czech: pravý úhel (cs) m Danish: ret vinkel c Dutch: rechte hoek (nl) Esperanto: orto Estonian: täisnurk Finnish: suora kulma (fi) French: angle droit (fr) m, droit (fr) m Galician: ángulo recto (gl) m Georgian: მართი კუთხე (marti ḳutxe) German: rechter Winkel m Greek: ορθή γωνία (el) f (orthí gonía) Ancient Greek: ὀρθή γωνία f (orthḗ gōnía) Hawaiian: huina kūpono Hebrew: זָוִית יְשָׁרָה (he) (zavít yeshára) Hindi: समकोण (hi) m (samkoṇ) Hungarian: derékszög (hu) Ingrian: oikia nurkka Italian: angolo retto (it) m Japanese: 直角 (ja) (chokkaku) Khmer: មុំកែង (km) (mum kaeng) Korean: 직각 (ko) (jikgak) Lao: ມຸມສາກ (mum sāk) Latin: angulus rectus m Macedonian: прав агол m (prav agol) Maori: koki hāngai Marathi: काटकोन (mr) (kāṭkon) Norwegian: rett vinkel (no) m Persian: زاویه قائمه (zâviye-ye qâ'eme), گوشه راست (guše-ye râst) Polish: kąt prosty (pl) m Portuguese: ângulo reto (pt) m Romanian: unghi drept (ro) n Russian: прямо́й у́гол (ru) m (prjamój úgol) Scottish Gaelic: ceàrn ceart m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: прави кут m, прави угао m Roman: pravi kut m, pravi ugao m Shan: ၸဵင်ႇၶိုင်ႈ (tsàeng khūeng) Sindhi: گُونِي ڪُنڊَ (sd) f Slovak: pravý uhol Spanish: ángulo recto (es) m Swedish: rät vinkel c Tagalog: sihang tadlong Tamil: செங்கோணம் (ceṅkōṇam) Telugu: లంబకోణము (te) (lambakōṇamu) Thai: มุมฉาก (th) (mum-chàak) Ukrainian: прями́й кут m (prjamýj kut) Vietnamese: góc vuông (vi) Volapük: lögul (vo) Welsh: cyfongl f

See also

• perpendicular
• square
• T-square

Anagrams

• range light