Both Uses of
right angle
in
Treasure Island
- I tried and found by experiment that the tide kept sweeping us westward until I had laid her head due east, or just about right angles to the way we ought to go.†
Chpt 17 *
- The current had turned at right angles, sweeping round along with it the tall schooner and the little dancing coracle; ever quickening, ever bubbling higher, ever muttering louder, it went spinning through the narrows for the open sea.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(right angle) an angle measuring 90 degrees (like the angle between a classroom floor and wall)