acute angle

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

2. Compare obtuse angle

acute angle

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

Example Sentences

Kotarski made a complete hash of the attempt to intercept Johnson's run and the Wales winger calmly slotted into the empty net from an acute angle for his first goal in nine matches.

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If he held the rudder at an acute angle, the boat would gradually work its way to the opposite shore.

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Visiting keeper Anthony Racioppi denied the 23-year-old in the opening stages when he tried to turn home a low shot from an acute angle.

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The onslaught eased after the break but Celtic strolled to victory, with Livingston's only real threat coming when Bruce Anderson struck the woodwork from an acute angle.

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Eschewing rectilinear edges, de Kooning commissioned custom windows with acute angles.

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