set square
Noun
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Noun
set square (plural set squares)
- (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... .
- 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,
- A right angle tool used to determine if two surfaces join at a 90-degree angle, composed of two arms, usually made from metal.
- s flat triangular piece of plastic triangle
- French: demi-carré, équerre
- German: Geodreieck, Geometrie-Dreieck
- Portuguese: esquadro
- Russian: геодези́ческий транспорти́р
- Spanish: cartabón, escuadra
- Russian: науго́льник
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