'T square' definitions:
Definition of 'T square'
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- T \T\ (t[=e]), the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]262-264, and also [sect][sect]153,
- 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180. [1913 Webster] The letter derives its name and form from the Latin, the form of the Latin letter being further derived through the Greek from the Ph[oe]nician. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. It is etymologically most nearly related to d, s, th; as in tug, duke; two, dual, L. duo; resin, L. resina, Gr. "rhti`nh, tent, tense, a., tenuous, thin; nostril, thrill. See D, S. [1913 Webster]
- T bandage (Surg.), a bandage shaped like the letter T, and used principally for application to the groin, or perineum.
- T cart, a kind of fashionable two seated wagon for pleasure driving.
- T iron. (a) A rod with a short crosspiece at the end, -- used as a hook. (b) Iron in bars, having a cross section formed like the letter T, -- used in structures.
- T rail, a kind of rail for railroad tracks, having no flange at the bottom so that a section resembles the letter T.
- T square, a ruler having a crosspiece or head at one end, for the purpose of making parallel lines; -- so called from its shape. It is laid on a drawing board and guided by the crosspiece, which is pressed against the straight edge of the board. Sometimes the head is arranged to be set at different angles.
- To a T, exactly, perfectly; as, to suit to a T. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'T square'
- On the square,
- On the square with,
- Square,
- Squared,
- Squarely,
- Squareness,
- Squaring,
- To be all squares,
- To be at square,
- square off,
- square up,
- Beacon Square,
- Caliper square,
- Central Square,
- Face of a square,
- Fair and square,
- Frankfort Square,
- Franklin Square,
- Geometric square,
- Geometrical square,
- Hollow square,
- Inner square,
- Kennett Square,
- Least square,
- Least squares,
- Magic square,
- Miter square,
- New Square,
- Quarter square,
- Rich Square,
- Solid square,
- Square foot,
- Square knot,
- Square measure,
- Square number,
- Square piano,
- Square sail,
- Square stern,
- To break no squares,
- To break squares,
- To get square with,
- To reduce a square,
- To square the circle,
- Upon the square,
- Upon the square with,
- Word square,
- bevel square,
- carpenter's square,
- latin square,
- market square,
- public square,
- set square,
- square and rabbet,
- square away,
- square block,
- square bracket,
- square dance,
- square dancer,
- square dancing,
- square deal,
- square dealing,
- square inch,
- square matrix,
- square meal,
- square meter,
- square metre,
- square mile,
- square nut,
- square one,
- square root,
- square sails,
- square shooter,
- square toes,
- square yard,
- t-square,
- times square,
- trafalgar square,
- try square,
- Beacon Square, FL,
- Central Square, NY,
- Error of the mean square,
- Five-square,
- Frankfort Square, IL,
- Franklin Square, NY,
- Kennett Square, PA,
- New Square, NY,
- Rich Square, NC,
- Square root of a number,
- Square root of a quantity,
- Square-rigged,
- Square-toed,
- Square-toes,
- Three-square,
- To see how the squares go,
- To square one's shoulders,
- Try-square,
- eigenvalue of a square matrix,
- fair-and-square,
- knight of the square flag,
- mean square deviation,
- method of least squares,
- square-bashing,
- square-built,
- square-jawed,
- square-rigger,
- square-shaped,
- square-shouldered,
- square-tailed,
- squared-toe,
- squareflipper square flipper,
- Mean-square error,
- Mercerville-Hamilton Square,
- characteristic root of a square matrix,
- pounds per square inch,
- square-dance music,
- Mercerville-Hamilton Square, NJ