angle
see also: Angle
Pronunciation Noun
Angle
Pronunciation
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see also: Angle
Pronunciation Noun
angle (plural angles)
(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). - the angle between lines A and B
(geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere. - The angle between lines A and B is π/4 radians, or 45 degrees.
- A corner where two walls intersect.
- an angle of a building
- A change in direction.
- The horse took off at an angle.
A viewpoint; a way of looking at something. - 2005, Adams Media, Adams Job Interview Almanac (page 299)
- For example, if I was trying to repitch an idea to a producer who had already turned it down, I would say something like, "I remember you said you didn't like my idea because there was no women's angle. Well, here's a great one that both of us must have missed during our first conversation."
- 2005, Adams Media, Adams Job Interview Almanac (page 299)
- (media) The focus of a news story.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- (slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
- (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
- His angle is that he gets a percentage, but mostly in trade.
- A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
- though but an angle reached him of the stone
- (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
- (corner) corner, nook
- (change in direction) swerve
- (vertex) -gon (as per hexagon)
- (viewpoint) opinion, perspective, point of view, slant, view, viewpoint
- French: angle, coin
- German: Ecke
- Portuguese: esquina, canto
- Russian: у́гол
- Spanish: esquina (as seen from the outside), rincón (as seen from the inside)
- French: point de vue, angle
- German: Blickwinkel
- Italian: punto di vista
- Portuguese: ângulo, ponto de vista
- Russian: то́чка зре́ния
- Spanish: punto de vista
angle (angles, present participle angling; past and past participle angled)
- (transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
- The roof is angled at 15 degrees.
- (intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
- The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.
- (transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
- How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?
- (transitive, cue sports) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
angle (angles, present participle angling; past and past participle angled)
- (intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
- (informal) (with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
- He must be angling for a pay rise.
- German: angeln
- Portuguese: pescar (com linha)
- Russian: уди́ть
- Spanish: pescar con anzuelo, pescar con caña
angle (plural angles)
- A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene v]:
- Give me mine angle: we'll to the river there.
- 1717, Alexander Pope, Vertuminus and Pomona
- A fisher next his trembling angle bears.
Angle
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/
angle (plural angles)
- (historical) A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons.
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