angle
/ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/ noun B1- 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
- 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.
- 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 physical position to observe something.
- A point of view; a perspective of thought.
- The focus of a news story.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
Plural angles
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While his horses were impatiently pawing the ground, held in by the coachman, who had been seated a quarter of an hour on his box, the elegant phaeton with which we are familiar rapidly turned the angle of the entrance-gate, and cast out on the doorsteps M.
Now, I observe, Ames, that there is a small piece of plaster at the angle of Mr.
Marilla was a tall, thin woman, with angles and without curves; her dark hair showed some gray streaks and was always twisted up in a hard little knot behind with two wire hairpins stuck aggressively through it.
It looks very funny, but it is so perfectly balanced a gait that you can fly off from it at any angle you please, and in dealing with snakes this is an advantage.
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