re-entering angle

noun

1. an interior angle of a polygon that is greater than 180° Also calledre-entrant angle

Example Sentences

It was a right-angled position and Dr. Jameson attacked them in the re-entering angle, thus having fire on his front and flank.

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At other times poles are laid across a re-entering angle of a house and used as a wood rack, without any support from the ground.

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Sinus, a recess or bay; the re-entering angle between two lobes or projections.

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The re-entering angle left upon the wood is called the rebate or rabbet.

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The Russians, however, returned to their guns, and still fired from the re-entering angle of their works.

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