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Definition: Right Angle |
Right AngleNoun1. The 90 degree angle between two perpendicular lines. 2. A quarter of the circumference of a circle. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Space | The angle formed when two straight lines intersect and the 4 angles at their crossing are all equal. When measured in degrees it equals 90o. (references) |
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Synonym: Right AngleSynonym: quadrant (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: oblique angle (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Angularity | Right angle; (perpendicular) a; obliquity; angle of x, miter; acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle. |
Verticality | Noun: verticality; erectness; Adjective: perpendicularity; a; right angle, normal; azimuth circle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Right Angle |
| English words defined with "right angle": Acute-angled, At right angles ♦ Bell crank ♦ Cathetus, Corncutter ♦ grad, grade ♦ hypotenuse, Hypothenuse ♦ jackknife ♦ Kathetal ♦ normal ♦ oblique angle, oblique triangle, Obtuse angle ♦ precess ♦ Quarterpace ♦ right triangle, right-angled, right-angled triangle ♦ Solar protuberances, Spandrel, square. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "right angle": Corner-stone, cross-flow fan ♦ Dulcarnon ♦ oblique offset ♦ PLANIMETER OPERATOR, Pythagoras, theorem of ♦ tangential fan, transverse trace. (references) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Over the entrance was a severe facade, and a wall perpendicular to the facade almost touched the doorway, flanking it at an abrupt right angle. |
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Expression using "right angle": right angle cranked tool. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
right angle | 52 | right angle grinder | 5 |
right angle drill head | 38 | cordless right angle drill | 4 |
right angle drill | 29 | right angle drill attachment | 4 |
right angle drive | 13 | right angle speed reducer | 4 |
right angle weave | 9 | dewalt right angle drill | 3 |
right angle gear box | 8 | right angle gear motor | 3 |
milwaukee right angle drill | 7 | right angle prism | 3 |
right angle gearbox | 7 | right angle connector | 3 |
right angle gear drive | 6 | right angle lens | 2 |
right angle head | 6 | right angle adapter | 2 |
dewalt cordless right angle drill | 2 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "right angle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kënddrejtë (right-angled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | زاوية مستقيمة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | прав ъгъл. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pravý úhel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ret vinkel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | rechte hoek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | koukkuterä (right angle cranked tool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | angle droit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | rechter Winkel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ορθή γωνία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | זוית ישר". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | derékszög (main bolt, vertical angle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | angolo retto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 直' . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ちょっかく (insight, intuition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kern-uillin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ightray angleay ângulo reto, ângulo recto. (various references) unghi drept. (various references) прямой угол. (various references) pravi ugao, prav ugao. (various references) angulo recto, ángulo recto. (various references) rät vinkel. (various references) dik açı (vertical angle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-g-h-i-l-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: earthling, gathering, haltering, lathering. | |
-2 letters: alerting, altering, atheling, earthing, ganglier, gelating, hearting, ingather, integral, lagering, legating, litharge, narghile, nargileh, regaling, relating, tanglier, thirlage, triangle. | |
-3 letters: aligner, alright, argling, atingle, elating, engrail, enthral, gahnite, gangrel, gearing, gelatin, genital, glaring, granite, gratine, grating, haggler, hairnet, halting, healing, hearing, heating, hernial, higgler, inearth, ingrate, inhaler, inthral. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-g-h-i-l-n-r-t" | |
+2 letters: slaughtering, telegraphing. | |
+3 letters: woolgathering. | |
+4 letters: woolgatherings. | |
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