A right-angled bend. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A meeting surface between two right-angled pieces. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Mechanics for Boys] Reference
This ridge was a right-angled offshoot from the main ridge. From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]
The symbol of the right-angled triangle was afterwards adopted by. From Wordnik.com. [The Symbolism of Freemasonry] Reference
The wall right-angled to a shorter hallway lined with doctors 'offices. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
Figure 61 represents a right-angled triangle, A and B forming a right angle. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
AN OPEN SLOT MORTISE at the end of a right-angled frame is seen in Fig. 169. From Wordnik.com. [Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.] Reference
When then one leg is advanced it becomes the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle. From Wordnik.com. [On the Gait of Animals] Reference
At each end is a right-angled metal arm (19) secured to the bar (18) by screws (20). From Wordnik.com. [Electricity for Boys] Reference
If the corners are not accurately right-angled, rework the cut or change the mitre cut. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
The chambers were connected via a series of right-angled tunnels drilled into the rock. From Wordnik.com. [Neurosurgical Intervention For Beginners] Reference
The Greek mathematician Pythagoras devised a famous theorem about right-angled triangles. From Wordnik.com. [The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference] Reference
You would not write your name in pencil across the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle. —. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man] Reference
A right-angled triangle is one in which two of the sides are at a right angle one to the other. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
It held one arm akimbo, and the other raised right-angled holding a fan which touched its head. From Wordnik.com. [To Let] Reference
In this mood, the Herrnhuthers, in their right-angled, whitewashed world, were little attractive. From Wordnik.com. [Washington Irving] Reference
Earlier that morning Taita had paced out one side of a right-angled triangle along this lip of the chasm. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock]
Ranec, standing beside her, noticed it, too, and commented on the intricate pattern of right-angled spirals. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
For it will be equal to the stationary leg and also equivalent to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle. From Wordnik.com. [On the Gait of Animals] Reference
The little stream at this point makes a right-angled turn, and thus is built up an opposing wall of equal height. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The result was eight shiny right-angled corners facing among them in all possible directions - a radar reflector. From Wordnik.com. [The Rolling Stones]
Processed at zero speed, Auto-Tune turns the lolling curves of the human voice into a zigzag of right-angled steps. From Wordnik.com. [Auto-Tune Goes Legit - Anil Dash] Reference
We remarked that none of these enormous structures were square, or with right-angled corners, such as we were used to. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner] Reference
Qwilleran showed him the sketches, with the new wing right-angled to the cabin, and a door cut through into the back hall. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Went Underground]
The patterns incorporated not only chevrons but triangles, zigzags, rhomboids, and right-angled spirals, in both blue and red. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
I. 47 that the square on the hypotenuse of any right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
The bungalow was surprisingly low and small but the veranda was surrounded by a right-angled wreath of gorgeously blooming tulips. From Wordnik.com. [Blazing Sun]
The rear wall of the compressor-house formed the north wall of the bin, the section of which was an isosceles right-angled triangle. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The Site of the Terminal Station. Paper No. 1157] Reference
I stated it to be a right-angled triangle, and indicated, as I supposed, clearly enough, a simple method by which this could be shown. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
The two great piers may be roughly taken as having for section an isosceles right-angled triangle, the right angle being towards the west. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference
The square described on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides, because he made it so. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
"The square of the hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle equals four times the area of the triangle, plus the square of the difference of the other two sides.". From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850] Reference
The latter had opened his pocket knife, which contained a large, keen blade, and, a moment later, a right-angled cut was made in the back wall of the canvas house. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X] Reference
Narrow streets -- as little as 26 feet wide - and tight, right-angled corners are a lot easier for walkers, and probably safer as well, because they force drivers to slow down. From Wordnik.com. [15 Ways To Fix The Suburbs] Reference
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