Definitions for T-square

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T-square T square

T-Square is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 210 anagrams from letters in T-square (-aeqrstu).

Definitions for T-square

noun

1. a T -shaped ruler, used primarily in mechanical drawing, having a short crosspiece that slides along the edge of the drawing board as a guide to the perpendicular longer section in making parallel lines, right angles, etc., and as a support for triangles.

Origin of T-square

First recorded in 1775-85

Examples for T-square

These guide lines should invariably be laid-in with the t-square and triangle.

Fig. 1461 represents the t-square, whose blade is some distance from the end of the back and is sometimes placed in the middle.

The full moon, Tuesday, in a t-square formation with the Sun and Neptune, urges you to balance your will with your want.

It was a short hall, set like the top bar of a t-square at the end of a long, door-lined corridor.

If a keyway is to be cut by hand through a bore, as in a pulley or gear-wheel bore, its width should be marked with a t-square.

I knocked the t-square out of the way and the cover snapped down.

"Yes, it's a pretty good day," allowed Uncle Bart judicially as he took a squint at his t-square.

The t-square sketch is very valuable in cultivating the sense of proportion.

A squire is a measuring-square, or t-square, as explained in my Dictionary; it is used for measuring right angles with exactitude.

The t-square is another modification of the try square, its principal use being for draughting purposes.