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T-square

T-square

(tē′skwâr′)
n.
A rule having a short, sometimes sliding, perpendicular crosspiece at one end, used by drafters for establishing and drawing parallel lines.
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T-square

n
(Tools) a T-shaped ruler used in mechanical drawing, consisting of a short crosspiece, which slides along the edge of the drawing board, and a long horizontal piece: used for drawing horizontal lines and to support set squares when drawing vertical and inclined lines
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.T-square - a square used by draftsmen to draw parallel linesT-square - a square used by draftsmen to draw parallel lines
drafting instrument - an instrument used by a draftsman in making drawings
square - a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles; "the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square"
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Translations

T-square

[ˈtiːskwɛəʳ] Nregla f en T
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

T-square

nReißschiene f
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T-square

[ˈtiːˌskwɛəʳ] nriga a T
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'Tandang-tanda ko pa na naibili ko ng T-square ang kapatid ko na nag-aaral ng architectural dahil nanalo ako sa pageant.
With a total of more than 150 creators manning over 70 art stalls (including the Fashion makes Me Happy brand, Elena Tombazou's global styles, Saviki Andreou's handcrafted bracelets, printed tshirts and the like from the Infected Clothing Line, Elena Georgiou's Light UP Concept brand, T-Square Studio's many imaginative creations, and the handmade artworks and home decor of Katerina Siskou a.k.a.
Undaunted, Atkins rigged up a drawing board, suspended face-down above his bed with a movable T-square permanently attached to it and, according to the December 1893 issue of Cassier's Magazine, on this board "he worked out a great number of intricate and ingenious problems.
The proper way to set this is to use a T-square, but I often put an arrow on the string, eyeball center, place my nock set, and then adjust up or down from there until it shoots well.
A chi square analysis was used to determine whether reactions to infidelity depended on sex and Hotelling's T-square test was used to determine whether CSWS domains were dependent on sex.
New York, NY, January 31, 2018 --(PR.com)-- The T-Square program, a human resources initiative, was introduced by Crimson Interactive in 2012 to give ample growth and development opportunities to the employees.
Walker, who became president of the National Cartoonists Society, won its Golden T-Square award for 50 years of service to the industry in 1999, reports said.
You will have to work more to keep the sides square as you roll the quilt, and I find a T-square and a longarm tape measure attached to the machine are invaluable tools.
For this analysis, Procrustes and Mahalanobis distances, parametric T-square test results are reported.
A variety of methods using distance measures have been developed [1]: T-Square sampling [13, 14], Point Centered Quarter Method [15], N-tree sampling [16], random pairs [17], variable area transect [18], closest individual [15], ordered distance [19], compound estimators [20, 21], corrected point-distance [22], nearest neighbor [15], quartered neighbor [23], and angle order [24].
The successful Edwardian architect holds an elevation drawing of Electra House in Moorgate, a model of the dome of which stands on an adjacent table, while the background appears to be part of Hamo Thornycroft's sculptured frieze on the Institute of Chartered Accountants--the building that made Belcher's name--against which a T-square leans.