Etymology
Origin of dihedral angle
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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He had no ailerons nor wing-warping mechanism, but for lateral balance depended on the dihedral angle of the wings and upon suitable movements of his weight or of the vertical rudder.
From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles
The locus of a point equidistant from the faces of a dihedral angle is the plane bisecting the angle.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
It comprises thirteen cells and occupies a dihedral angle.
From Bramble-Bees and Others by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
The ends of the boxes, being in line with the wind, keep the kite steady and serve the purpose of the dihedral angle in the Malay kite.
From Sounding the Ocean of Air by Rotch, A. Lawrence
The wings were fixed at a considerable dihedral angle, and the engine was a twenty-four horse-power Antoinette.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
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