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Class having old-fashioned aid for technical drawing
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set square
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n. 1 A flat triangular piece of plastic or other material, having corners of precise angles, used in technical drawing 2 a right angle tool used to determine if two surfaces join at a 90-degree angle, composed of two arms, usually made from metal.
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n. a try square with an adjustable sliding head
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A set square or triangle ( American English ) is an object used in engineering and technical drawing , with the aim of providing a straightedge at a right angle or other particular planar angle to a baseline . The most simple form of set square is a triangular ...
Usage examples of set square.
Adams pointed dramatically at the river on whose banks were set square frame houses with square windows in which lights now began to gleam.
As they ride westward, toward the town, even from a half-kay away, Lorn can see that the houses are not set square to the road, or to the lanes, but almost haphazardly, with ramshackle outbuildings, and often piles of rubbish within kays of the dwellings.
A thin man in a leather weskit, a black and straightbrim hat set square on his head, a thin rim of whiskers.
She used to say that a girl who knew how to use a set square and protractor would go a long way in life.
It was empty save for a man in overalls asleep on a bench, his head on his folded coat, snoring, and a woman in a calico dress, in a dingy shawl and a new hat trimmed with rigid and moribund flowers set square and awkward on her head.
The roadway they followed entered it through a break in a row of close-set square buildings.
He had his straw hat set square on his head, the rim shading his face.
He was in a decent black suit of clothes, his wig was powdered and set square on his head, his white neckcloth was tied with perfect accuracy, so tight that he could scarcely breathe.