t-square

1. 1.

   a square used by draftsmen to draw parallel lines

   Broadersquaredrafting instrument

Questions about t-square

What does t-square mean?

t-square means "a square used by draftsmen to draw parallel lines".

How many syllables are in t-square?

t-square has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is t-square a common word?

t-square is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.