Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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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- noun a
rule with a shortperpendicular crosspiece at one end, used bydraughtsmen todraw parallel lines
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Examples
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Mr. Folk worked to refine his technique — he was crouching too much as he approached the ball — and Mr. Westhoff commissioned the building and grounds crew at SUNY-Cortland to build a sort of giant T-square to help Mr. Folk with his alignment.
How Folk Makes Sweet Music Scott Cacciola 2010
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For one, special teams coach Mike Westhoff recently designed a T-square mechanism that forces Mr. Folk to line up properly for his kicks, which fixes the the inconsistent steps that Mr. Westhoff thought was a problem.
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I stood there studying the lines till I became absorbed, moved T-square and curves, and stood there working at the hull until I heard the servants moving round the house.
Movie Night 2010
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I moved aside the T-square for her to examine the drawing.
Movie Night 2010
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Apparently, if you are remodeling your bathroom, landscaping your yard, or adding a deck to the house, the program with let you conceptualize it in living 3D faster than a speeding pencil and T-square.
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A tense and volatile T-square of energies, this is the point in the cycle when we see if the plant has deep enough roots to survive or not.
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That's one of the potentials that next year's cardinal T-square of planets active in the 60s will energize.
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My courses in mechanical drafting the pencil and T-square kind landed me an internship with the Mechanical Design Automation group, which set standards for mechanical design work done within IBM.
Ada Lovelace Day Paula Paul 2009
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Now we're really gaining speed as we race toward the big T-square of these three planets next year.
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This is the beginning of the next part of the 60s cycle, when Pluto, Uranus and Saturn form a T-square, and the energy pushes for real change; this aspect will continue through 2011.
Super-Charged Summer Solstice and Cancer New Moon, June 20-22, 2009 2009
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