vertical angle

American  

noun

Geometry.

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

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Etymology

Origin of vertical angle

First recorded in 1565–75

Example Sentences

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

The whirling swarm with its double heart of iron approached the impact point from the north-northwest at 20 to 31 miles a second, and at a vertical angle of about 30�.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sides do not come quite up to the corner of the vertical angle iron, excepting at the bottom where the horizontal angle iron comes in.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan