Angle Meaning and Definition

Word: Angle

How to pronounce: æŋgl

Noun

Definitions:

1. The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.

Example sentences: "In any triangle, the longest side is opposite the largest angle"

2. A particular way of approaching or considering an issue or problem.

Example sentences: "Discussing the problems from every conceivable angle"

3. Each of the four mundane houses (the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth of the twelve divisions of the heavens) that extend counterclockwise from the cardinal points of the compass.

Example sentences: "The horary chart had fixed signs on all four angles."

4. Angle iron or a similar construction material made of another metal.

Example sentences: "The supporting frame is usually of aluminum angle bolted together"

Verb

Definitions:

1. Direct or incline at an angle.

Example sentences: "He angled his chair so that he could watch her"

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. Fish with rod and line.

Example sentences: "There are no big fish left to angle for"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A fishhook.

Noun

Definitions:

1. A member of a Germanic people, originally inhabitants of what is now Schleswig-Holstein, who migrated to England in the 5th century AD. The Angles founded kingdoms in Mercia, Northumbria, and East Anglia and gave their name to England and the English.

Example sentences: "But her report says the citadel ‘puts Stirling firmly on the map at a time when Picts, Scots, Britons and Angles ruled their separate kingdoms in the four quarters of mainland Scotland’."

Synonyms:

angle of approach

foreshortening

aspect

standpoint

camera angle

perspective

tilt

turn

lean

bend

sloping

edge

hand

side

slant

bow

curve

curvature

fish

tip

Derivations:

angled

anglea

angular

angling

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Angle in Other Languages...

Spanish: Angulo

German: Winkel

French: Angle

Italian: Angolo

Turkish: Açı