straight angle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of straight angle
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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“There wasn’t a straight angle in the whole building,” Mr. Easter said.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2010
Citing everything from the Milky Way to a doughnut, Mr. Fujiwara made straight angle tailoring credible, as well as the rounded version of the wind coats that Mr. Miyake invented three decades ago.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2010
The terms "complement," "supplement," and "conjugate," meaning the difference between a given angle and a right angle, straight angle, and perigon respectively, have also entered our vocabulary and need defining.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
Welding Angle Iron.—Let it be required to form a piece of straight angle iron to a right angle.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
This was excluded by the Greeks because their idea of angle required it to be less than a straight angle.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
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