2 uses
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Definition
an angle measuring 90 degrees (like the angle between a classroom floor and wall)
- As Archer entered he was smiling and looking down on his hostess, who sat on a sofa placed at right angles to the chimney.Chapter 12 (36% in)
- Under cover of this circumstantial narrative, to which Mrs. Beaufort listened with her perfect smile, and her head at just the right angle to be seen in profile from the stalls, Madame Olenska turned and spoke in a low voice.Chapter 13 (57% in)
There are no more uses of "right angle" in The Age of Innocence.
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