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vertical angle

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noun

Geometry.
  1. one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.


Etymology

Origin of vertical angle

First recorded in 1565–75

Example Sentences

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Video captured by a local mining company showed the plane hurtling nose first toward the ground at an almost vertical angle.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022

The 61-year-old limo driver converted a mobile home into a ramp and modified it to launch from a vertical angle so he wouldn't fall back to the ground on public land.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2018

The 61-year-old limo driver converted a mobile home into a ramp and modified it to launch from a vertical angle so he wouldn’t fall back to the ground on public land.

From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2018

He was diving at a near vertical angle.

From Time Magazine Archive

The long, slender, simple columella is not only lateral, but occupies indeed the sharp vertical angle of the triangular, prismatic sporangium.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)