"set square" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: set squares [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} set square (plural set squares)
  1. (UK) A flat triangular piece of plastic or other material, having corners of precise angles, used in technical drawing Tags: UK Synonyms (flat triangular piece of plastic): triangle Translations (flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing): триъ́гълник (triǎ́gǎlnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), escaire (Catalan), nastavit čtverec (Czech), geodriehoek [masculine] (Dutch), kolmioviivain (Finnish), demi-carré [masculine] (French), équerre [feminine] (French), escuadro [masculine] (Galician), Geodreieck [neuter] (German), Geometrie-Dreieck [neuter] (German), γνώμονας (gnómonas) (Greek), 三角定規 (sankaku jōgi) (Japanese), tāhāngai (Maori), êtchèrre [feminine] (Norman), vinkelhake [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vinkelhake [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), escaire [masculine] (Occitan), گونیا (gunyâ) (Persian), ekierka [feminine] (Polish), esquadro [masculine] (Portuguese), геодези́ческий транспорти́р (geodezíčeskij transportír) [masculine] (Russian), cartabón [masculine] (Spanish), escuadra [feminine] (Spanish), tatsihang galod (Tagalog), ê-ke (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-set_square-en-noun--OMHiCZF Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'flat triangular piece of plastic': 95 5 Disambiguation of 'flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing': 88 12
  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. Categories (topical): Tools Translations (right angle tool): escaire (Catalan), angulilo (Esperanto), suorakulma (Finnish), 삼각자 (samgakja) (Korean), tāhāngai (Maori), науго́льник (naugólʹnik) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-set_square-en-noun-pjHswQNQ Disambiguation of Tools: 20 80 Disambiguation of 'right angle tool': 5 95

Inflected forms

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