Both Uses of
right angle
in
The Time Machine
- That Space, as our mathematicians have it, is spoken of as having three dimensions, which one may call Length, Breadth, and Thickness, and is always definable by reference to three planes, each at right angles to the others.†
Chpt 1
- But some philosophical people have been asking why three dimensions particularly—why not another direction at right angles to the other three?†
Chpt 1 *
Definition:
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(right angle) an angle measuring 90 degrees (like the angle between a classroom floor and wall)