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
On a promontory above Puget Sound, a Douglas fir with arms bent at right angles stands above a quiet cove, where shellfish would have been gathered, long before this place was settled by newcomers.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2023
With the tilt of the Earth in relation to the Sun positioned at right angles during the equinox, the magnetic field is stronger resulting in a more vibrant aurora.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2023
He pulled the corpse between them and tried to make him bend in half, but the man in black was so stiff Fezzik really had to perspire to get him at right angles.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
