right angle

See also: right-angle

English

At the bottom left of this triangle is a right angle.

Etymology

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Noun

right angle (plural right angles)

(geometry) Half of the angle formed by a single straight line, equivalent to 90 degrees.
Coordinate terms: acute angle, obtuse angle
(mathematics) An ∟ character.

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Translations

angle of 90 degrees

Arabic: زَاوِيَة قَائِمَة f (zāwiya(t) qāʔima)
Azerbaijani: düz bucaq
Bengali: সমকোণ (bn) (śomkōn)
Bulgarian: прав ъ́гъл m (prav ǎ́gǎl)
Burmese: ထောင့်မှန် (my) (htaung.hman), ကျင်တွယ်ထောင့် (my) (kyangtwaihtaung.)
Catalan: angle recte (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 直角 (zik⁶ gok³)

Mandarin: 直角 (zh) (zhíjiǎo)
Czech: pravý úhel (cs) m
Danish: ret vinkel c
Dutch: rechte hoek (nl)
Esperanto: orto
Estonian: täisnurk
Finnish: suora kulma (fi)
French: angle droit (fr) m, droit (fr) m
German: rechter Winkel m
Greek: ορθή γωνία (el) f (orthí gonía)
Ancient Greek: ὀρθή γωνία f (orthḗ gōnía)
Hawaiian: huina kūpono
Hebrew: זָוִית יְשָׁרָה (he) (zavít yeshára)
Hindi: समकोण (hi) m (samkoṇ)
Hungarian: derékszög (hu)
Italian: angolo retto (it) m
Japanese: 直角 (ja) (chokkaku)
Khmer: មុំកែង (km) (mum kaeng)
Korean: 직각 (ko) (jikgak)
Lao: ມຸມສາກ (mum sāk)
Macedonian: прав агол m (prav agol)
Maori: koki hāngai
Marathi: काटकोन (mr) (kāṭkon)
Norwegian: rett vinkel (no) m
Persian: زاویه قائمه (zâviye-ye qâ'eme), گوشه راست (guše-ye râst)
Polish: kąt prosty (pl) m
Portuguese: ângulo reto (pt) m
Romanian: unghi drept (ro) n
Russian: прямо́й у́гол (ru) m (prjamój úgol)
Scottish Gaelic: ceàrn ceart m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: прави кут m, прави угао m

Roman: pravi kut m, pravi ugao m
Shan: ၸဵင်ႇၶိုင်ႈ (tsàeng khūeng)
Sindhi: گُونِي ڪُنڊَ (sd) f
Slovak: pravý uhol
Spanish: ángulo recto (es) m
Swedish: rät vinkel c
Tagalog: sihang tadlong
Tamil: செங்கோணம் (ceṅkōṇam)
Telugu: లంబకోణము (te) (lambakōṇamu)
Thai: มุมฉาก (th) (mum-chàak)
Ukrainian: прями́й кут m (prjamýj kut)
Vietnamese: góc vuông (vi)
Volapük: lögul (vo)
Welsh: cyfongl f

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