The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Its essence was its array of cantilevered terraces, set at right angles to one another and projecting deep out into space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
When a magnetic field is applied, a second voltage develops at right angles to the current.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
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
But what excited them most were two pieces of wood found at right angles to each other.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2023
And we say, “What are you talking about? At right angles to the other two’! There are only two dimensions.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
