set square

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Noun

set square (plural set squares)

1. (UK) A flat triangular piece of plastic or other material, having corners of precise angles, used in technical drawing
   • 2008 January, Michel Serfati, “A Note on the Geometry and Descartes's Mathematical Work”, in Notices of the American Mathematical Society, volume 55, number 1, pages 50–51:

     Descartes extended this classification by introducing his set-square compass. This is mechanism of sliding set squares that "push" each other... .

2. A right angle tool used to determine if two surfaces join at a 90-degree angle, composed of two arms, usually made from metal.

Synonyms

• (flat triangular piece of plastic): triangle

Translations

flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing

Bulgarian: триъ́гълник (bg) m (triǎ́gǎlnik) Catalan: escaire (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 三角板 (zh) (sānjiǎobǎn) Czech: nastavit čtverec Dutch: geodriehoek (nl) m Finnish: kolmioviivain French: demi-carré m, équerre (fr) f Galician: escuadro (gl) m German: Geodreieck (de) n, Geometrie-Dreieck n Greek: γνώμονας (el) (gnómonas) Hindi: गुनिया (hi) (guniyā) Japanese: 三角定規 (ja) (sankaku jōgi) Maori: tāhāngai Norman: êtchèrre f Norwegian: Bokmål: vinkelhake m Nynorsk: vinkelhake m Occitan: escaire (oc) m Persian: گونیا (fa) (gunyâ) Polish: ekierka (pl) f Portuguese: esquadro (pt) m Russian: геодези́ческий транспорти́р m (geodezíčeskij transportír) Spanish: cartabón (es) m, escuadra (es) f Tagalog: tatsihang galod Vietnamese: ê-ke

right angle tool

Catalan: escaire (ca) Esperanto: angulilo Finnish: suorakulma (fi) Korean: 삼각자 (samgakja) Maori: tāhāngai Russian: науго́льник (ru) m (naugólʹnik)

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