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Definition of Set square
1. Noun. A try square with an adjustable sliding head.
Definition of Set square
1. Noun. A flat triangular piece of plastic or other material, having corners of precise angles, used in technical drawing ¹
2. Noun. a right angle tool used to determine if two surfaces join at a 90-degree angle, composed of two arms, usually made from metal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Set Square
Literary usage of Set square
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) (1890)
"Mr. E. Bing, Director of the wagon works in Riga, has invented a set square, the
angles of which are not 30° and 60° as usual, but 27° 35' 50^ and 62° 24' ..."
2. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1912)
"After gear is all set, square up the travel on the two sides of the engine by
adjusting the short reach rods. Fig. ..."
3. Graphics: Or, The Art of Calculation by Drawing Lines, Applied Especially to by Robert Henry Smith (1889)
"The only accurate and convenient method is to slide a set-square along a
straight-edge—which may be an edge of another set-square, if this be of sufficient ..."
4. The New Metal Worker Pattern Book: A Treatise on the Principles and Practice by George Watson Kittredge, Anson Oliver Kittredge (1896)
"Set the edge EF of a 4il-degree set-square against the ... Reverse the set-square,
and, bringing the side EG against the point A, draw A Fig. 191. ..."
5. Properties of Steam and Thermodynamic Theory of Turbines by Hugh Longbourne Callendar (1920)
"Place the set-square on the diagram with its vertical edge to the right, ...
Slide the set-square along the T-square until its vertical edge passes through ..."
6. The American House Carpenter: A Treatise on the Art of Building : Comprising by Robert Griffith Hatfield, O. P. Hatfield (1895)
"The Use of the Set-Square.—In drawing parallel lines, when they are to be parallel to
... 325. to either side of the board, the set-square must be used. ..."
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