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直角

zhí jiǎo

2-character word

What 直角 means

1. a right angle

The characters in 直角

• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 角jiǎoangle; corner; horn

Example sentences

• 直角是九十度。
  A right angle has ninety degrees.
• 90度的角叫直角。
  90 dù de jiǎo jiào zhíjiǎo.
  An angle of 90 degrees is called a right angle.
• 这两条线成直角相交。
  Zhè liǎng tiáo xiàn chéng zhíjiǎo xiāngjiāo.
  These two lines cut across each other at right angles.
• 正如我们的数学家所言，这个空间有三个维度，可称之为长度，宽度和厚度，并且始终可以通过参考三个平面来定义，每个平面彼此成直角。
  Zhèngrú wǒmen de shùxuéjiā suǒ yán, zhège kōngjiān yǒu sān gè wéidù, kě chēngzhīwéi chángdù, kuāndù hé hòudù, bìngqiě shǐzhōng kěyǐ tōngguò cānkǎo sān gè píngmiàn lái dìngyì, měi gè píngmiàn bǐcǐ chéng zhíjiǎo.
  That Space, as our mathematicians have it, is spoken of as having three dimensions, which one may call Length, Breadth, and Thickness, and is always definable by reference to three planes, each at right angles to the others.

Words starting with 直角

• 直角器zhí jiǎo qìa set square (carpenter's tool)
• 直角坐标zhí jiǎo zuò biāorectangular coordinates; Cartesian coordinates
• 直角尺zhí jiǎo chǐa set square (carpenter's tool)
• 直角三角形zhí jiǎo sān jiǎo xíngright-angled triangle