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Alternative form of straight edge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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A flat, rectangular tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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hand tool consisting of a flat rigid rectangular bar (metal or wood) that can be used to draw straight lines (or test their straightness)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hand tool
Compound of straight + edge.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مِيزَان زِئْبَقِيّ
(mīzān ziʔbaqiyy)
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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Bulgarian:
линеал
(lineal)
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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Finnish:
viivain
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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German:
Richtscheit
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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German:
Richtlineal
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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German:
Lineal
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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Greek:
ρίγα
(ríga)
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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Hungarian:
vonalzó
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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Hungarian:
szintezővonalzó
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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Hungarian:
szintezőléc
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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Hungarian:
felületsimaság-vizsgáló
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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Hungarian:
ellenőrző vonalzó/léc
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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Russian:
прави́ло
(pravílo)
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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Swedish:
rätskiva
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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Ottoman Turkish:
جدول
(cedvel)
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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Ottoman Turkish:
مسطر
(mıstar)
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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Volapük:
stripöm
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
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Welsh:
llinellydd
— tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines
