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
But what excited them most were two pieces of wood found at right angles to each other.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2023
“Go down there!” said Alice suddenly, pointing to a street of little shops at right angles to the current.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
