The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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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
His design was playful, full of color and pattern, and without right angles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
But what excited them most were two pieces of wood found at right angles to each other.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2023
They compared the speed of light in the direction of the earth’s motion with that at right angles to the earth’s motion.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
