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at right angles to

at right angles to preposition: forming an angle of 90 degrees to something.

Preposition

at right angles to

  1. Forming an angle of 90 degrees to something.
    • The whole unit is rotated through 90deg to a position at right angles to the wagon and the three parts of the piling frame are unfolded from the straight line form into which they are packed for travelling to the triangular form in which they are set up for piling.1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The North Eastern's new rail-mounted piling unit”, in Trains Illustrated, page 646

Questions about at right angles to

What does at right angles to mean?
At right angles to means forming an angle of 90 degrees to something.
What part of speech is at right angles to?
At right angles to is a preposition.

Words near at right angles to in the dictionary

  1. at pleasure
  2. at present
  3. at rack and manger
  4. at random
  5. at rest
  6. at right angles to
  7. at risk
  8. at rovers
  9. at scale
  10. at school
  11. at sea

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