re-entering angle

British  

noun

1. Also called: re-entrant angle.  an interior angle of a polygon that is greater than 180°

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Example Sentences

The re-entering angle left upon the wood is called the rebate or rabbet.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William

At a re-entering angle of the junction, a shallow pit was sunk; the sand became moist and red, and presently it was underlaid by a rubble of porphyritic trap.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Both of these latter differ from his 1797 trace in that the re-entering angle is reinforced by a tenaille whose faces are parallel to the main faces and reach almost to the salients.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

It was a right-angled position and Dr. Jameson attacked them in the re-entering angle, thus having fire on his front and flank.

From The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir

There I waited in the re-entering angle of the transept, where the shadow of the church was darkest, in the hope of Maxwell's assailant soon returning to the scene of the encounter.

From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard