"T-square" meaning in All languages combined

See T-square on Wiktionary

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. 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), T자 (tija) (Korean), 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 Categories (other): Measuring instruments, Tools Disambiguation of Measuring instruments: 48 52 Disambiguation of Tools: 50 50 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.
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Inflected forms

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