right angle
/ˈɹaɪt ˌæŋɡəl/
right angle noun: half of the angle formed by a single straight line, equivalent to 90 degrees.
Noun
right angle (plural right angles)
- Half of the angle formed by a single straight line, equivalent to 90 degrees.
- An ∟ character.
right angle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
right angle in Hindi
- angle of 90 degrees
- समकोण samkoṇ
right angle in Tamil
- angle of 90 degrees
- செங்கோணம் ceṅkōṇam
right angle in Marathi
- angle of 90 degrees
- काटकोन kāṭkon
right angle in Urdu
- قائمہ
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- right angle in Bengali
- সমকোণ śomkōn
- right angle in Telugu
- లంబకోణము lambakōṇamu
- right angle in Kannada
- ೯೦ ಡಿಗ್ರಿಯ ಮೂಲೆ, ೯೦ ಡಿಗ್ರಿಯ ಕೋನ, ನೇರ ಮೂಲೆ, ಸಮಕೋನ
- right angle in Tagalog
- sihang tadlong
- right angle in Arabic
- زَاوِيَة قَائِمَة
- right angle in Persian
- زاویه قائمه zâviye-ye qâ'eme, گوشه راست guše-ye râst
- right angle in Thai
- มุมฉาก mum-chàak
- right angle in Vietnamese
- góc vuông
- right angle in Myanmar
- ထောင့်မှန် htaung.hman, ကျင်တွယ်ထောင့် kyangtwaihtaung.
- Sindhi
- گُونِي ڪُنڊَ gūnī kũḍa
Forms of right angle
| plural | right angles |
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Origin of right angle
Calque of Latin angulus rectus.
Words formed from right angle
Questions about right angle
- What does right angle mean?
- Right angle means half of the angle formed by a single straight line, equivalent to 90 degrees.
- What is right angle in Hindi?
- Right angle in Hindi is समकोण (samkoṇ). See Right angle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is right angle?
- Right angle is a noun.
- How do you pronounce right angle?
- Right angle is pronounced /ˈɹaɪt ˌæŋɡəl/.
- What is the plural of right angle?
- The plural of right angle is right angles.
Words near right angle in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: right angle (page history and authors); right angle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); right angle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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