vertical angle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vertical angle
First recorded in 1565–75
Example Sentences
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Video captured by a local mining company showed the plane hurtling nose first toward the ground at an almost vertical angle.
From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022
The 61-year-old limo driver converted a mobile home into a ramp and modified it to launch from a vertical angle so he wouldn't fall back to the ground on public land.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2018
The 61-year-old limo driver converted a mobile home into a ramp and modified it to launch from a vertical angle so he wouldn’t fall back to the ground on public land.
From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2018
He was diving at a near vertical angle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instrumentally Read the vertical angle, and multiply its natural tangent by the distance between instrument and foot of object; the result is the height.
From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by Johnson, J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances)
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