T square

Example Sentences

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This was before computer graphics or computer modeling, when architects and engineers worked on a drafting table with a T-square and slide rule.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2021

The Slide’s simple operation and high-tech sheen are a pleasing combination for anyone accustomed to drafting with the assistance of a humble T-square.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2014

His working tools — backpack, easel, paints, brushes, folding stool, T-square, huge umbrella — are also on display, making vivid all the gear he lugged with him.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2012

His T-square and triangle elaborated spaces on the drafting table that often owed more to forceful geometry than practicality; he designed hexagonal bedrooms, built shoulder-pinching corridors.

From Time Magazine Archive

I preferred to ignore the world around me, obsessing only over what was in front of me: my T-square, my X-acto knife, my blue pencil.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan