Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word ANGLE

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Definitions of ANGLE

1. A corner where two walls intersect.
2. A change in direction.
3. A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
4. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
5. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
6. A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
7. (geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
8. (geometry) 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.
9. (media) The focus of a news story.
10. (slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
11. (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
12. (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
13. (transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
14. (intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
15. (transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
16. (transitive, cue sports) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
17. (historical) A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian.
18. (intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
19. (figurative, informal, with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.

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Examples of Using ANGLE in a Sentence

• This technique contrasts with angle modulation, in which either the frequency of the carrier wave is varied, as in frequency modulation, or its phase, as in phase modulation.
• In Euclidean geometry, an angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the sides of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle.
• In the case of "stellar" or "annual" aberration, the apparent position of a star to an observer on Earth varies periodically over the course of a year as the Earth's velocity changes as it revolves around the Sun, by a maximum angle of approximately 20 arcseconds in right ascension or declination.
• The mineral was first discovered in Saxony by August Breithaupt in 1817, and named by him from the Greek amblus, blunt, and gonia, angle, because of the obtuse angle between the cleavages.
• It measures luminous power per unit solid angle emitted by a light source in a particular direction.
• For example, the Rutherford cross-section is a measure of probability that an alpha particle will be deflected by a given angle during an interaction with an atomic nucleus.
• In science he is principally remembered for his experimental work in physical optics, mostly concerned with the study of the polarization of light and including the discovery of Brewster's angle.
• In astronomy, declination (abbreviated dec; symbol δ) is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system, the other being hour angle.
• This maximizes the size of the smallest angle in any of the triangles, and tends to avoid sliver triangles.
• This may make them more comfortable to read, and provide a wider viewing angle than most light-emitting displays.
• Extension (anatomy), a movement at a joint that increases the angle between the two ends of the joint; the opposite of flexion.
• Eccentric anomaly, the angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of an object on its orbit.
• Gegenschein is distinguished from zodiacal light by its high angle of reflection of the incident sunlight on the dust particles.
• The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers.
• In film, an insert is a shot of part of a scene as filmed from a different angle and/or focal length from the master shot.
• A joystick, sometimes called a flight stick, is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling.
• Latitude is given as an angle that ranges from −90° at the south pole to 90° at the north pole, with 0° at the Equator.
• The angle might be in the upper-left, lower-left ("Western" alphabets) or top ("Eastern" alphabets).
• It describes the amount of light that passes through, is emitted from, or is reflected from a particular area, and falls within a given solid angle.
• A master shot (or short master) is a film recording of an entire dramatized scene, start to finish, from a camera angle that keeps all the players in view.

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