See Also: angle(1)(dictionary)
y-angle(medicine)
S-N-B angle(medicine)
S-N-A angle(medicine)
Angle(dictionary)
angle(2)(dictionary)
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angle noun3. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin angulus corner.]
The indefinite space between two lines or planes that meet. LME.
The meeting-point of two lines not in the same direction. LME.
Astrology. Each of the four mundane houses (the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th of the twelve divisions of the heavens) which extend anticlockwise from the cardinal points of the compass. LME.
A corner viewed internally as a receding space; a sharp-cornered recess; arch. an out-of-the-way place, a nook. LME.
Shakespeare Tempest Whom I left..In an odd angle of the isle. Milton To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Edward Thomas I sat among the boughs of the fallen elm That strewed the angle of the fallow.
A corner viewed externally or as a projection; a sharp projection. M16.
Burke There is nothing more prejudicial to the grandeur of buildings than to abound in angles. E. K. Kane We trod on the fractured angles of upturned ice.
The amount of inclination of two lines to each other, or of one line to a horizontal or vertical base-line. L16.
Arnold Bennett The angle of the slatternly bag across his shoulders. B. England Thirty feet below the crest, the angle of ascent increased so drastically that they were forced to crawl. J. Irving He came in at too steep an angle, attempted to correct his position with a weak veer,..and struck the pond like a stone.
The point or direction from which something is viewed or approached (lit. & fig.); a standpoint; the direction from which a photograph etc. is taken. L19.
R. Lehmann Her face at this new angle had a look of pathos. R. Macaulay Curious how we always seem to see Waterloo from the French angle and count it a defeat. A. Burgess I'm concerned with the linguistic angle. Then there's the angle of inter-racial relations.
Phrases: acute angle: see ACUTE adjective 2b. angle of attack: see ATTACK noun. angle of FRICTION. angle of repose: see REPOSE noun. angle of weather: see WEATHER noun 3. complementary angles: see COMPLEMENTARY 2. conjugate angle: see CONJUGATE adjective. CRITICAL angle. exterior angle: see EXTERIOR adjective. facial angle: see FACIAL adjective 2. interior angle: see INTERIOR adjective. reverse angle: see REVERSE adjective. right angle: see RIGHT adjective. solid angle: see SOLID adjective. SPHERICAL angle. straight angle: see STRAIGHT adjective1. supplementary angle: see SUPPLEMENTARY adjective. trihedral angle: see TRIHEDRAL adjective. vergence angle: see VERGENCE 1. vertical angle: see VERTICAL adjective. visual angle: see VISUAL adjective.
Comb.: angle bracket Typography etc. a bracket (used alone and in pairs) composed of two lines making an angle, thus < >; angledozer a type of bulldozer with an obliquely set blade; angle grinder a device with a rotating abrasive disc, used to grind, polish, or cut metal and other materials; angle-iron a piece of iron with an L-shaped cross-section used to strengthen a framework; Anglepoise (proprietary name for) a type of swivelled reading-lamp with a sprung and jointed arm; angle-wing (N. Amer.) any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, allied to the comma.
angled adjective [-ED2] having an angle or angles; usu. as 2nd elem. of comb. (of the specified type or number): L16.
anglewise adverb after the manner of an angle, at an angle; angularly: L16.