suorakulma - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

suora (“straight”) +‎ kulma (“angle”). Coined by Finnish mathematics teacher and clergyman Pekka Aschan in 1859.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuo̯rɑˌkulmɑ/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯rɑ̝ˌkulmɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ulmɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): suora‧kulma

suorakulma

1. (geometry) right angle (angle of 90 degrees)
2. square, set square, carpenter's square (tool used to measure out right angles)

• English "straight angle" is an angle of 180°, i.e. oikokulma in Finnish.

• (angle): suora kulma

• oikokulma

• “suorakulma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03