angle

[ ang-guhl ]

/ ˈæŋ gəl /

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noun

Geometry.

the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.

an angular projection; a projecting corner: the angles of a building.

a viewpoint; standpoint: He looked at the problem only from his own angle.

Journalism.

slant (def. 11).
the point of view from which copy is written, especially when the copy is intended to interest a particular audience: The financial editor added a supplementary article from the investor's angle.

one aspect of an event, problem, subject, etc.: The accountant emphasized the tax angle of the leasing arrangement.

Movies, Photography. angle shot.

Informal. a secret motive: She's been too friendly lately—what's her angle?

Astrology. any of the four interceptions of the equatorial circle by the two basic axes, the horizon and the meridian: commonly identified by the compass directions.

angle iron (def. 2).

verb (used with object), an·gled, an·gling.

to move or bend in an angle.

to set, fix, direct, or adjust at an angle: to angle a spotlight.

Journalism. to write or edit in such a way as to appeal to a particular audience; slant: She angled her column toward teenagers.

verb (used without object), an·gled, an·gling.

to turn sharply in a different direction: The road angles to the right.

to move or go in angles or at an angle: The trout angled downstream.

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Idioms about angle

play the angles, Slang. to use every available means to reach one's goal: A second-rate talent can survive only by playing all the angles.

Origin of angle

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin angulus, akin to uncus “bent” and Greek ankýlos “crooked, curved”; cf. ancylo-,

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH angle

angel, angle

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angle²

[ ang-guhl ]

/ ˈæŋ gəl /

verb (used without object), an·gled, an·gling.

to fish with hook and line.

to attempt to get something by sly or artful means; fish: to angle for a compliment.

noun

Archaic. a fishhook or fishing tackle.

Origin of angle

First recorded before 900; Middle English noun angel, angle, angul, Old English angel, angul; cognate with Frisian, Dutch angel, Old Saxon, Old High German angul, German Angel, Old Norse ǫngull; Greek ankýlos “bent, curved,” Sanskrit aṅkuśá- “hook, fishhook”; akin to Old English anga “a sting,” Old High German ango, Latin uncus “hook, barb,” Greek ónkos “hook, barb of an arrow”; the verb is derivative of the noun; relation, if any, to Latin angulus angle¹ not clear

Other definitions for angle (3 of 3)

Angle

[ ang-guhl ]

/ ˈæŋ gəl /

noun

a member of a West Germanic people that migrated from Schleswig to Britain in the 5th century a.d. and founded the kingdoms of East Anglia, Mercia, and Northumbria. As early as the 6th century their name was extended to all the Germanic inhabitants of Britain.

Origin of Angle

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin Anglus (plural Anglī ) source of Old English Engle (plural) “the English,” variant of Engle, the name of a tribe that lived in modern-day Angeln (so named from its shape), in Schleswig; akin to angle¹; see English

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How to use angle in a sentence

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Once again, human eyes can only guess what the actual angle had been.
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In our brains, neurons in specialized regions of the visual cortex register certain general elements in what the eyes see, such as the edges of objects, lines tilted at particular angles, and color.
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The researchers presented people with images of coins titled at various angles.
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My captain on the boat, Brazakka, he wanted me to do this Hemingway bit, with the white stubble, and he wanted the hero angle.
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Another angle Robinov suggests as a possibility for Peter Parker/Spider-Man is a franchise reboot tackling Spidey as… an adult.
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The Qataris famously play every angle, cutting deals, for instance, with the Israelis as well as the Iranians.
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We see the protoplanetary disk around it at an angle, but nearly “face-on.”
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Which is lucky: we can see the gaps in the disk more clearly than if the disk were at a steeper angle.
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In the centre of many of the rooms there played a small fountain; in others there were four, one in each angle.
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The rest is done by cutting away two upper and four under-teeth, and substituting false ones at the desired angle.
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For the entire matter then turned over in his mind, so that he saw it from a new angle suddenly.
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He aimed at the yawning hippopotamus and fired, hitting it on the skull, but at such an angle that the ball glanced off.
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Take a case in Trigonometry—a Complement is what remains after subtracting an angle from one right-angle.
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British Dictionary definitions for angle (1 of 3)

angle¹

/ (ˈæŋɡəl) /

noun

the space between two straight lines that diverge from a common point or between two planes that extend from a common line

the shape formed by two such lines or planes

the extent to which one such line or plane diverges from another, measured in degrees or radians

an angular projection or recess; corner

standpoint; point of viewlook at the question from another angle; the angle of a newspaper article

informal a selfish or devious motive or purpose

See angle iron

verb

to move in or bend into angles or an angle

(tr) to produce (an article, statement, etc) with a particular point of view

(tr) to present, direct, or place at an angle

(intr) to turn or bend in a different directionthe path angled sharply to the left

Word Origin for angle

C14: from French, from Old Latin angulus corner

British Dictionary definitions for angle (2 of 3)

angle²

/ (ˈæŋɡəl) /

verb (intr)

to fish with a hook and line

(often foll by for) to attempt to gethe angled for a compliment

noun

obsolete any piece of fishing tackle, esp a hook

Word Origin for angle

Old English angul fish-hook; related to Old High German ango, Latin uncus, Greek onkos

British Dictionary definitions for angle (3 of 3)

Angle

/ (ˈæŋɡəl) /

noun

a member of a West Germanic people from N Germany who invaded and settled large parts of E and N England in the 5th and 6th centuries a.d

Word Origin for Angle

from Latin Anglus, from Germanic (compare English), an inhabitant of Angul, a district in Schleswig (now Angeln), a name identical with Old English angul hook, angle ², referring to its shape

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Scientific definitions for angle

angle

[ ăng′gəl ]

A geometric figure formed by two lines that begin at a common point or by two planes that begin at a common line.

The space between such lines or planes, measured in degrees. See also acute angle obtuse angle right angle.

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