Meanings
nounset square (plural set squares)
plural set squares
- UKA flat triangular piece of plastic or other material, having corners of precise angles, used in technical drawing
Descartes extended this classification by introducing his set-square compass. This is mechanism of sliding set squares that "push" each other... .
2008 January, Michel Serfati, “A Note on the Geometry and Descartes's Mathematical Work”, in Notices of the American Mathematical Society, volume 55, number 1, pages 50–51Synonyms: triangle
- A right angle tool used to determine if two surfaces join at a 90-degree angle, composed of two arms, usually made from metal.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA flat triangular piece of plastic or other material, having corners of precise angles, used in technical drawing
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Translations
Arabic كُوس رَسْم
- كُوس رَسْم (kūs rasm)flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Bulgarian триъ́гълник
- триъ́гълник (triắgălnik)flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Catalan escaire, escaire
- escaireflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
- escaireright angle tool
Chinese Mandarin 三角板, 直角尺
- 三角板 (sānjiǎobǎn)flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
- 直角尺 (zhíjiǎochǐ)right angle tool
- 矩尺 (jǔchǐ)right angle tool
Czech nastavit čtverec
- nastavit čtverecflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Dutch geodriehoek
- geodriehoekflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Esperanto angulilo
- anguliloright angle tool
Finnish kolmioviivain, suorakulma
- kolmioviivainflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
- suorakulmaright angle tool
French demi-carré, équerre
- demi-carréflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
- équerreflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
German Geodreieck, Geometrie-Dreieck
- Geodreieckflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
- Geometrie-Dreieckflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Greek γνώμονας
- γνώμονας (gnómonas)flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Hindi गुनिया
- गुनिया (guniyā)flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Japanese 三角定規
- 三角定規 (sankaku jōgi)flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Korean 삼각자
- 삼각자 (samgakja)flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Māori tāhāngai, tāhāngai
- tāhāngaiflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
- tāhāngairight angle tool
Norwegian Bokmål vinkelhake
- vinkelhakeflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Persian گونیا
- گونیا (gunyâ)flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Polish ekierka, ekierka
- ekierkaflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
- ekierkaright angle tool
Portuguese esquadro
- esquadroflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Russian геодези́ческий транспорти́р, науго́льник
- геодези́ческий транспорти́р (geodezíčeskij transportír)flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
- науго́льник (naugólʹnik)right angle tool
Spanish cartabón, escuadra
- cartabónflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
- escuadraflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Tagalog tatsihang galod
- tatsihang galodflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Vietnamese ê-ke
- ê-keflat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing
Cite this entry
APA
set square. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20square
MLA
“set square.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20square. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “set square,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20square.
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