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	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpentry '''Carpenters'''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer '''Engineers'''] use '''[[Try ~~Squares~~]]''' to draw or scribe lines at right angles to an edge or to test if a corner is '''Square'''. They may also use a '''[[Squares\|Framing Square]]''' to check that corners of a larger construction are '''Square''' - but this can also be done by testing that its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagonal '''Diagonals'''] are of equal length ''(since this is a characteristic of all squares and rectangles).		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpentry '''Carpenters'''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer '''Engineers'''] use a '''[[Try Square]]''' to draw or scribe lines at right angles to an edge or to test if a corner is '''Square'''. They may also use a '''[[Squares\|Framing Square]]''' to check that corners of a larger construction are '''Square''' - but this can also be done by testing that its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagonal '''Diagonals'''] are of equal length ''(since this is a characteristic of all squares and rectangles).
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	'''Squareness''' refers to things being a right angles or 90 degrees to each other ''(i.e. as the corners of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square '''Square'''])''. Checking that something is '''Square''' is a common designing and making requirement and operations often have to be performed at right angles to an edge or surface ''(e.g. marking a line, cutting material to length, drilling a hole)''.		'''Squareness''' refers to things being a right angles or 90 degrees to each other ''(i.e. as the corners of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square '''Square'''])''. Checking that something is '''Square''' is a common designing and making requirement and operations often have to be performed at right angles to an edge or surface ''(e.g. marking a line, cutting material to length, drilling a hole)''.


	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpentry '''Carpenters'''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer '''Engineers'''] use '''[[Try Squares]]''' to draw or scribe lines at right angles to an edge or to test if a corner is '''Square'''. They may also use a '''[[Squares\|Framing Square]]''' to check that corners of a larger construction are '''Square''' - but this can also be done by testing that its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagonal '''Diagonals'''] are of equal length ''(since this is a characteristic of all squares and rectangles).		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpentry '''Carpenters'''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer '''Engineers'''] use '''[[Try Squares]]''' to draw or scribe lines at right angles to an edge or to test if a corner is '''Square'''. They may also use a '''[[Squares\|Framing Square]]''' to check that corners of a larger construction are '''Square''' - but this can also be done by testing that its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagonal '''Diagonals'''] are of equal length ''(since this is a characteristic of all squares and rectangles).

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	'''Squareness'' refers to things being a right angles or 90 degrees to each other ''(i.e. as the corners of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square '''Square'''])''. Checking that something is '''Square''' is a common designing and making requirement and operations often have to be performed at right angles to an edge or surface ''(e.g. marking a line, cutting material to length, drilling a hole)''.		[[File:TestingSquareness.png\|200px\|right]]
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			'''Squareness''' refers to things being a right angles or 90 degrees to each other ''(i.e. as the corners of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square '''Square'''])''. Checking that something is '''Square''' is a common designing and making requirement and operations often have to be performed at right angles to an edge or surface ''(e.g. marking a line, cutting material to length, drilling a hole)''.

	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpentry '''Carpenters'''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer '''Engineers'''] use '''[[Try Squares]]''' to draw or scribe lines at right angles to an edge or to test if a corner is '''Square'''. They may also use a '''[[Squares\|Framing Square]]''' to check that corners of a larger construction are '''Square''' - but this can also be done by testing that its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagonal '''Diagonals'''] are of equal length ''(since this is a characteristic of all squares and rectangles).		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpentry '''Carpenters'''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer '''Engineers'''] use '''[[Try Squares]]''' to draw or scribe lines at right angles to an edge or to test if a corner is '''Square'''. They may also use a '''[[Squares\|Framing Square]]''' to check that corners of a larger construction are '''Square''' - but this can also be done by testing that its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagonal '''Diagonals'''] are of equal length ''(since this is a characteristic of all squares and rectangles).
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	The '''Diagonals''' of an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isosceles_trapezoid '''Isosceles Trapezium'''] are also equal so checking their length would also test if such a regular shape was '''''~~squared up~~'''''		The '''Diagonals''' of an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isosceles_trapezoid '''Isosceles Trapezium'''] are also equal so checking their length would also test if such a regular shape was '''''‘squared up’'''''
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	In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_drawing '''Technical Drawing'''] a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drafter '''Draughtsman'''] would use a '''[Squares\|T-square]''' pressed against the edge of a drawing board to draw parallel lines across the paper and place '''[Squares\|Set Squares]''' to draw lines at 90deg, 45deg, 60deg, and 30deg to it.		[[File:TsqSetsqs.png\|200px\|right]]
			In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_drawing '''Technical Drawing'''] a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drafter '''Draughtsman'''] would use a '''[[Squares\|T-square]]''' pressed against the edge of a drawing board to draw parallel lines across the paper and place '''[[Squares\|Set Squares]]''' to draw lines at 90deg, 45deg, 60deg, and 30deg to it.

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'''Squareness'' refers to things being a right angles or 90 degrees to each other ''(i.e. as the corners of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square '''Square'''])''. Checking that something is '''Square''' is a common designing and making requirement and operations often have to be performed at right angles to an edge or surface ''(e.g. marking a line, cutting material to length, drilling a hole)''.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpentry '''Carpenters'''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer '''Engineers'''] use '''[[Try Squares]]''' to draw or scribe lines at right angles to an edge or to test if a corner is '''Square'''. They may also use a '''[[Squares|Framing Square]]''' to check that corners of a larger construction are '''Square''' - but this can also be done by testing that its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagonal '''Diagonals'''] are of equal length ''(since this is a characteristic of all squares and rectangles).
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The '''Diagonals''' of an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isosceles_trapezoid '''Isosceles Trapezium'''] are also equal so checking their length would also test if such a regular shape was '''''squared up'''''
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In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_drawing '''Technical Drawing'''] a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drafter '''Draughtsman'''] would use a '''[Squares|T-square]''' pressed against the edge of a drawing board to draw parallel lines across the paper and place '''[Squares|Set Squares]''' to draw lines at 90deg, 45deg, 60deg, and 30deg to it.

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