angle
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English angle, angul, angule, borrowed from Middle French angle, from Latin angulus, anglus (“corner, remote area”). Cognate with Old High German ancha (“nape of the neck”), Middle High German anke (“joint of the foot, nape of neck”). Doublet of angulus and ankle.
Noun
angle (plural angles)
- (geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
- the angle between lines A and B
- (geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
- The angle between lines A and B is π/4 radians, or 45 degrees.
- 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:
- The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
- A corner where two walls intersect.
- an angle of a building
- A change in direction.
- The horse took off at an angle.
- A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
- 2013 January, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 64:
- In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.”
- 2005, Adams Media, Adams Job Interview Almanac, page 299:
- For example, if I was trying to repitch an idea to a producer who had already turned it down, I would say something like, "I remember you said you didn't like my idea because there was no women's angle. Well, here's a great one that both of us must have missed during our first conversation."
- (media) The focus of a news story.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- (slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
- (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
- His angle is that he gets a percentage, but mostly in trade.
- A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
- 1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- though but an angle reached him of the stone
- (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
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Derived terms
- acute-angled
- adjacent angle
- angle bar
- angle bead
- angle bisector
- angle brace
- angle bracket
- angledog
- angledozer
- angle for
- angle for farthings
- anglegram
- angle grinder
- angle harp
- angle iron
- angle leaf
- angleless
- angle level
- anglemeter
- angle of attack
- angle of depression
- angle of elevation
- angle of His
- angle of incidence
- angle of Louis
- angle of reflection
- angle of refraction
- angle of repose
- angle of torsion
- angle of vanishing stability
- angle of view
- angle parking
- anglepoise
- angle quote
- anglerod
- angles and dangles
- angle shaft
- angle-shoot (angle shoot), angle-shooter (angle shooter), angle-shooting (angle shooting)
- angle shot
- angle stealer, angle stealing
- angle tie
- angletwitch
- anglewing
- anglewise
- angleworm
- base angle
- biangle
- bond angle
- Bragg angle
- Brewster's angle
- camber angle
- camera angle
- canted angle
- carpal angle
- circular angle
- complete angle
- conjugate angle
- corresponding angle
- crab angle
- crank angle, crank angle degree
- critical angle
- dead angle
- decangle
- diangle
- dihedral angle
- double angle quotation mark
- double angle quote
- downflooding angle
- Dutch angle
- eigenangle
- equiangle
- Euler angle
- facial angle
- first-angle projection
- first angle projection
- full angle
- gastric angle
- gyroangle
- heptangle
- horn angle
- hyperbolic angle
- internal angle
- Mach angle
- minute of angle
- multiangle
- MySpace angle
- Myspace angle
- narrow-angle, narrow-angle lens
- obtuse-angled
- octangle
- phase angle
- play the angles
- polyangle
- pseudoangle
- quinquangle
- reangle
- reference angle
- reflex angle
- renal angle
- semiangle
- septangle
- sexangle
- single angle quote
- spherical angle
- staff angle
- stall angle
- sternal angle
- third-angle projection
- third angle projection
- torsion angle
- vertex angle
- Virchow's angle
- visual angle
- what's one's angle
- wide-angle
Related terms
Translations
geometrical figure
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measure of such a figure
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corner where two walls intersect
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change in direction
viewpoint
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Terms of interest
Etymology 2
From Middle English anglen (“to meet at an angle, converge”), from the noun (see above).
Verb
angle (third-person singular simple present angles, present participle angling, simple past and past participle angled)
- (transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
- The roof is angled at 15 degrees.
- (intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
- The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.
- (transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
- How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?
- (transitive, cue sports) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English angel (“fishhook”), from Old English angel (“hook, fishhook”), from Proto-West Germanic *angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to make crooked, bend”). Cognate with West Frisian angel (“fishing rod, stinger”), Dutch angel (“fishhook”), German Angel (“fishing pole”), Icelandic öngull (“fishhook”).
Noun
angle (plural angles)
- A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
- c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:
- Give me mine angle: we'll to the river there.
- 1717, Alexander Pope, Vertuminus and Pomona:
- A fisher next his trembling angle bears.
Etymology 4
From Middle English anglen (“to fish, fish with a hook”, literally “to fish-hook”), perhaps from Old English *anglian, from Proto-West Germanic *anglōn (“to hook”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ongelje (“to fish, angle”), Dutch hengelen (“to fish, angle”), German Low German angeln (“to fish, angle”), German angeln (“to fish, angle”).
Verb
angle (third-person singular simple present angles, present participle angling, simple past and past participle angled)
- (intransitive, figurative) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
- (informal, with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
- He must be angling for a pay rise.
Derived terms
Translations
to fish with hook and line
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Anagrams
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
angle m (plural angles)
- (geometry) angle (figure formed by two rays which start from a common point)
- angle (a corner where two walls intersect)
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Etymology 2
Adjective
angle m or f (masculine and feminine plural angles)
- Anglian (of or pertaining to the Angles)
Noun
angle m or f by sense (plural angles)
- Angle (member of a Germanic tribe)
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Further reading
- “angle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “angle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
angle
Related terms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French angle, from Old French angle, from Latin angulus, anglus.
Pronunciation
Noun
angle m (plural angles)
- (geometry) a geometric angle
- La mesure d’un angle droit est égale à 90 degrés.
- The measure of a right angle is equal to 90 degrees.
- a location at the corner of something, such as streets, buildings, furniture etc.
- Synonym: coin
- a viewpoint or angle
Usage notes
- Inside a room, the word coin (“corner”) is more usual.
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “angle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Pronunciation
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Verb
angle
- inflection of angeln:
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
angle
- English language
Pronunciation
Adjective
angle f pl
Noun
angle f
Anagrams
Etymology
Noun
angle
- English language
Adjective
angle
Noun
angle
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos).
Noun
angle oblique singular, m (oblique plural angles, nominative singular angles, nominative plural angle)
- angel (biblical being)
Descendants
Etymology
From Middle High German angel, from Old High German angul. Compare German angeln, English angle.
Verb
angle
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