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Straightedges

Scope note

Any of various tools, usually long bars or strips of wood or metal, having straight and true edges and used for drawing or cutting accurate straight lines or for testing levelness or the evenness of surfaces. For, usually shorter, instruments used primarily as guides for drawing lines, straight or curved, use "rulers (guiding tools)."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300022531

Broader Terms used

<shaping and guiding tools>

Equivalent Terms used

straightedge

Created

13yrs ago

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