right angles

Square corner formations

Right angles are angles of exactly ninety degrees—the angle formed when two lines meet perpendicularly.

Corners of squares, rectangles, and most room walls meet at right angles.

The phrase at right angles to means perpendicular: The side street runs at right angles to the main road.

geometry

perpendicular

At right angles

axes · quadrant · intersection · vertex · corner · bisect · Euclidean · plane · angular · protractor

construction

T-square

Right-angled drawing guide

framing square · set square · speed square · crossbar · flush · true · alignment · edge · corner joint · miter

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angular measurement

right anglesacute angles

Measures below ninety degrees

obtuse angles · straight angles · acute · obtuse · slanted

geometric alignment

right anglesoblique

Angled, not straightforward

skewed · slanted · askew · crooked · out of square

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G