at right angles
Example Sentences
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For instance, latitudes and longitudes meet at right angles on the Earth’s surface, so they appear as a nice rectangular grid on the Mercator map.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026
Under normal conditions, these cells divide mainly at right angles to the ventricular surface.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
"Plus we had photographs, so we could build the whole thing up. Architects are doing this all the time and there are many buildings not set at right angles, like the Crooked House."
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2023
At LIGO, Hanford vacuum tubes extend for 2.5 miles at right angles across previously unused Hanford site shrub steppe land near the Tri-Cities.
From Seattle Times • May 29, 2023
The man played and went on, Ben keeping pace with him until the fence turned at right angles, and he clung to the fence, watching the people move on and away.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
