acute angle

Scientific  

1. An angle whose measure is between 0° and 90°.

2. Compare obtuse angle

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acute angle Cultural  

1. An angle that measures less than ninety degrees but more than zero degrees. (Compare obtuse angle and right angle.)

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Example Sentences

United's forwards were starved of service and when Amad Diallo had a sight of goal, he fired into the side-netting from an acute angle just before the interval.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Some wayward finishing helped Wales, with Vangsgaard and Sanne Troelsgaard missing the target after dangerous crosses, while Vangsgaard's early effort from an acute angle was pushed away by Bristol City goalkeeper Olivia Clark.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023

The Americans seemed comfortably on their way to victory, but substitute Ludmila beat Emily Fox to Bruninha’s 90th-minute cross and, from an acute angle, headed it past Alyssa Naeher, who had come off her line.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2023

Martinelli got away a low attempt from an acute angle that De Gea stopped from creeping in at the near post, then soon after produced a superb save to prevent him heading home.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2022

She kept her foot permanently on the accelerator, and took every corner at an acute angle.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier