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dihedral
/ daɪˈhiːdrəl /
adjective
- having or formed by two intersecting planes; two-sided
a dihedral angle
dihedral
/ dī-hē′drəl /
- Formed by a pair of planes or sections of planes that intersect.
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A tetrahedron contains six “dihedral” angles formed along the edges where pairs of faces meet.
Pairs of faces meet along edges to create “dihedral” angles, of which a tetrahedron has six.
In determining the center of gravity, the bird was frozen in the soaring position, its wings making a dihedral angle of 150.
In order to secure the longitudinal dihedral, the angle of incidence has to be very much decreased towards the wing-tips.
It is now, I hope, clear to the reader that the lateral dihedral is not quite so effective as would appear at first sight.
This feature is still to be found in many aeroplanes to-day and has come to be known as the 'dihedral.'
The crystals of citric acid are oblique prisms with four faces, terminated by dihedral summits, inclined at acute angles.
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