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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acute angle

Serbia keeper Predrag Rajkovic punched Declan Rice's free-kick to Nico O'Reilly and when his shot was blocked towards Saka, the 24-year-old guided a composed volley into the far corner from an acute angle.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

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.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 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

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

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig