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A flat triangular piece of plastic or other material, having corners of precise angles, used in technical drawing
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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A right angle tool used to determine if two surfaces join at a 90-degree angle, composed of two arms, usually made from metal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a try square with an adjustable sliding head
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: try square
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Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
كُوس رَسْم
(kūs rasm)
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Bulgarian:
триъ́гълник
(triǎ́gǎlnik)
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Catalan:
escaire
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Chinese Mandarin:
三角板
(sānjiǎobǎn)
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Czech:
nastavit čtverec
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Dutch:
geodriehoek
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Finnish:
kolmioviivain
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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French:
demi-carré
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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French:
équerre
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Galician:
escuadro
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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German:
Geodreieck
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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German:
Geometrie-Dreieck
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Greek:
γνώμονας
(gnómonas)
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Hindi:
गुनिया
(guniyā)
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Japanese:
三角定規
(sankaku jōgi)
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Māori:
tāhāngai
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Norman:
êtchèrre
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Norwegian Bokmål:
vinkelhake
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
vinkelhake
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Occitan:
escaire
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Persian:
گونیا
(gunyâ)
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Polish:
ekierka
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Portuguese:
esquadro
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Russian:
геодези́ческий транспорти́р
(geodezíčeskij transportír)
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Spanish:
cartabón
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Spanish:
escuadra
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Tagalog:
tatsihang galod
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Vietnamese:
ê-ke
— flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
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Catalan:
escaire
— right angle tool
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Chinese Mandarin:
直角尺
(zhíjiǎochǐ)
— right angle tool
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Chinese Mandarin:
矩尺
(jǔchǐ)
— right angle tool
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Esperanto:
angulilo
— right angle tool
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Finnish:
suorakulma
— right angle tool
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Korean:
삼각자
(samgakja)
— right angle tool
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Māori:
tāhāngai
— right angle tool
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Polish:
ekierka
— right angle tool
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Russian:
науго́льник
(naugólʹnik)
— right angle tool