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ANGLE OF INCLINATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does angle of inclination mean?
• ANGLE OF INCLINATION (noun)
The noun ANGLE OF INCLINATION has 1 sense:
1. (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
Familiarity information: ANGLE OF INCLINATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
angle of inclination; inclination
Hypernyms ("angle of inclination" is a kind of...):
angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
Domain category:
geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)
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