ANGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Angle mean? 

• ANGLE (noun)
  The noun ANGLE has 3 senses:

1. the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

2. a biased way of looking at or presenting something

3. a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons

  Familiarity information: ANGLE used as a noun is uncommon.

• ANGLE (verb)
  The verb ANGLE has 5 senses:

1. move or proceed at an angle

2. to incline or bend from a vertical position

3. seek indirectly

4. fish with a hook

5. present with a bias

  Familiarity information: ANGLE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANGLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("angle" is a kind of...):

space (an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "angle"):

magnetic declination; magnetic variation; variation (the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north)

dogleg (angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog)

right angle (the 90 degree angle between two perpendicular lines)

oblique angle (an angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle)

reflex angle (an angle greater than 180 degrees (but less than 360))

perigon; round angle (an angle of 360 degrees)

cutting angle (the angle between the face of a cutting tool and the surface of the work)

angle of dip; dip; inclination; magnetic dip; magnetic inclination ((physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon)

lead (the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile))

axil (the upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk)

AZ; azimuth (the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian)

polyhedral angle (the space enclosed by three or more planes that intersect in a vertex)

face angle (the angle formed by two edges of a polyhedral angle)

tilt angle (the angle a rocket makes with the vertical as it curves along its trajectory)

vertical angle (either of two equal and opposite angles formed by the intersection of two straight lines)

angle of view; view angle (the angle included by a photographic lens)

wave angle (the angle of arrival (or departure) of a radio wave with respect to the axis of an antenna array)

angle of refraction (the angle between a refracted ray and a line perpendicular to the surface between the two media at the point of refraction)

crotch; fork (the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk)

helix angle (the constant angle at which a helix cuts the elements of a cylinder or cone)

complementary angles (two angles whose sum is a right angle)

angular distance (the angular separation between two objects as perceived by an observer)

plane angle (an angle formed by two straight lines (in the same plane))

spherical angle (an angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles)

solid angle (an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting at a common point (the vertex))

angle of inclination; inclination ((geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis))

inclination; inclination of an orbit ((astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees)

salient angle (an angle pointing outward; an interior angle of a polygon that is less than 180 degrees)

interior angle; internal angle (the angle inside two adjacent sides of a polygon)

exterior angle; external angle (the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon)

angle of incidence; incidence angle (the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence)

angle of reflection (the angle between a reflected ray and a line perpendicular to the reflecting surface at the point of incidence)

angle of extinction; extinction angle (the angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light)

Derivation:

angle (to incline or bend from a vertical position)

angle (move or proceed at an angle)

angular (having angles or an angular shape)

angular (measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle)

angulate (make or become angular)

angulate (having angles or an angular shape)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A biased way of looking at or presenting something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

angle; slant

Hypernyms ("angle" is a kind of...):

point of view; stand; standpoint; viewpoint (a mental position from which things are viewed)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Angle" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

• ANGLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they angle    ... he / she / it angles   
Past simple: angled   
Past participle: angled   
-ing form: angling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move or proceed at an angle

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

he angled his way into the room

Hypernyms (to "angle" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)

angler (a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To incline or bend from a vertical position

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

angle; lean; slant; tilt; tip

Context example:

She leaned over the banister

Hypernyms (to "angle" is one way to...):

bend; flex (form a curve)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "angle"):

incline; pitch; slope (be at an angle)

weather (cause to slope)

heel; list (tilt to one side)

lean back; recline (move the upper body backwards and down)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Seek indirectly

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

angle; fish

Context example:

fish for compliments

Hypernyms (to "angle" is one way to...):

look for; search; seek (try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 4

Meaning:

Fish with a hook

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "angle" is one way to...):

fish (catch or try to catch fish or shellfish)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "angle"):

fly-fish; flyfish (fish with flies as lures)

troll (angle with a hook and line drawn through the water)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

In the summer they like to go out and angle

Derivation:

angler (fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey)

angler (a fisherman who uses a hook and line)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Present with a bias

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

angle; slant; weight

Context example:

He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders

Hypernyms (to "angle" is one way to...):

bias; predetermine (cause to be biased)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

“We started examining the skull very carefully, looking at it from all angles, trying to figure out how neutrophils are getting to the brain,” said Dr. Nahrendorf.

(Researchers unearth secret tunnels between the skull and the brain, National Institutes of Health)

Having sent back multiple still images via their wide-angle and stereo cameras, Minerva-II1B has now sent back the first video of the mission.

(First Ever Video of Asteroid Sent Back to Earth by Japanese Rovers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The images in this mosaic were taken with the ISS narrow-angle camera, using a spectral filter sensitive to wavelengths of near-infrared light centered at 938 nanometers.

(Cassini's Final View of Titan's Northern Lakes and Seas, NASA)

It was found using data from an array of automated telescopes called the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP).

(Astronomers discover smallest known star, Wikinews)

Images taken with Cassini's narrow angle camera on April 15, 2013 show disturbances at the very edge of Saturn's A ring — the outermost of the planet's large, bright rings.

(Possible New Moon Forming Around Saturn, NASA)

Each flow ends on a slope that matches the dynamic "angle of repose" seen in the slumping dry sand of dunes on Mars and Earth.

(Recurring Martian Streaks: Flowing Sand, Not Water?, NASA)

This view was acquired by the Cassini narrow-angle camera at a distance of approximately 614,300 miles (988,600 kilometers) from Saturn on April 11, 2014.

(Cassini spies the ice-giant planet Uranus, NASA)

The image was taken from an altitude of 167 feet (51 meters) above the comet's surface by the spacecraft's OSIRIS wide-angle camera on Sept. 30.

(Final Descent Image from Rosetta Spacecraft, NASA)

At this fortuitous viewing angle the canyon is seen edge-on, and at the northern end of the canyon its depth can be easily gauged.

(A ‘Super Grand Canyon’ on Pluto’s Moon Charon, NASA)

Used for open angle glaucoma and eye hypertension, topical administration decreases intraocular pressure with minimal effect on cardiovascular parameters, reducing aqueous humor production and increasing uveoscleral outflow.

(Brimodine, NCI Thesaurus)