angle

angle
[[t]æ̱ŋg(ə)l[/t]]
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angles, angling, angled
1) N-COUNT An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
→ See also right angle

The boat is now leaning at a 30 degree angle.

2) N-COUNT: usu the N of n An angle is the shape that is created where two lines or surfaces join together.

...the angle of the blade.

...brackets to adjust the steering wheel's angle.

3) N-COUNT An angle is the direction from which you look at something.

Thanks to the angle at which he stood, he could just see the sunset...

His face will be discreetly concealed by camera angles.

4) N-COUNT: supp N You can refer to a way of presenting something or thinking about it as a particular angle.

We had to do the scene over and over again, from different angles...

He was considering the idea from all angles.

5) VERB: usu cont If someone is angling for something, they are trying to get it without asking for it directly.

[V for n] It sounds as if he's just angling for sympathy.

6) V-ERG If you angle something or if it angles in a particular direction, it faces or points in that direction.

[V n] You can open the slats for a bright light or angle them for more shade...

[V adv/prep] The path angled downhill and northwards...

[V-ed] He drove down the long, steeply angled driveway.

7) → See also angling
8) PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR If something is at an angle, it is leaning in a particular direction so that it is not straight, horizontal, or vertical.

An iron bar stuck out at an angle...

The wall's at a slight angle.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • angle — m. angle. Angle maigre : angle aigu. Géom. > Angle agut, obtùs, drech : angle aigu, obtus, droit. voir motut …   Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

  • angle — angle1 [aŋ′gəl] n. [ME & OFr < L angulus, a corner, angle < Gr ankylos, bent, crooked: see ANKLE] 1. a) the shape made by two straight lines meeting at a common point, the vertex, or by two planes meeting along an edge: see DIHEDRAL,… …   English World dictionary

  • Angle — An gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Angled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Angling}.] 1. To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line. [1913 Webster] 2. To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise. [1913 Webster] The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Angle — member of a Teutonic tribe, Old English, from L. Angli the Angles, lit. people of Angul (O.N. Öngull), a region in what is now Holstein, said to be so called for its hook like shape (see ANGLE (Cf. angle) (n.)). People from the tribe there… …   Etymology dictionary

  • angle — noun. This word had been used since the 1870s in the meaning ‘the aspect from which a matter is considered’ • (The old stagers…the men who knew all the angles, who had great experience Nevil Shute, 1944) often with a defining word: the OED gives… …   Modern English usage

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