"T-square" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: T-squares [plural]
Etymology: From its shape, resembling a capital letter T. Head templates: {{en-noun}} T-square (plural T-squares)
  1. A rule with a short perpendicular crosspiece at one end, used by draughtsmen to draw parallel lines. Categories (topical): Tools Translations (rule with a short perpendicular crosspiece at one end): 丁字尺 (dīngzìchǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), T字尺 (T-zìchǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), T-viivain (Finnish), règle en T [feminine] (French), Reißschiene [feminine] (German), ταυ (taf) [neuter] (Greek), παραλληλογράφος (parallilográfos) [masculine] (Greek), ταφ (taf) [neuter] (Greek), fejes vonalzó (Hungarian), crosbhacart [masculine] (Irish), T定規 (tī-jōgi) (Japanese), przykładnica [feminine] (Polish), régua-tê [feminine] (Portuguese), рейсши́на (rejsšína) [feminine] (Russian), науго́льник (naugólʹnik) [masculine] (Russian), paripang galod (Tagalog), däsinastripöm (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-T-square-en-noun-0zMk~lza Disambiguation of Tools: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'rule with a short perpendicular crosspiece at one end': 92 8
  2. A sex position whereby the receiving partner lies on the back with knees up and legs apart while the penetrating partner lies on either side perpendicular to the receiver, with the penetrating partner's hips under the arch formed by receiver's legs. Categories (topical): Sex positions, Tools
    Sense id: en-T-square-en-noun-kmbhI10r Disambiguation of Sex positions: 11 89 Disambiguation of Tools: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 79

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