angle
A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
Noun geometry, mathematics
- 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.
- The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution,...
- 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 way of looking at something.
- In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what...
- For example, if I was trying to repitch an idea to a producer who had already turned it down, I would say something like, "I remember you said you didn't like my idea because there was no women's angle. Well, here's a...
- The focus of a news story.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
- An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefiting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral.
- His angle is that he gets a percentage, but mostly in trade.
- A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
- though but an angle reached him of the stone - 1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos Proto-Italic *angulos Latin angulusder. Middle French anglebor. Middle English angle English angle From Middle English angle, angul, angule, borrowed from Middle French angle, from Latin angulus, anglus (“corner, remote area”). Cognate with Old High German ancha (“nape of the neck”), Middle High German anke (“joint of the foot, nape of neck”). Doublet of angulus and ankle.
Forms
Synonyms
corner nook swerve -gon opinion perspective point of view slant view viewpoint
Hyponyms
acute angle angle of repose Batman angle central angle complementary angle conjugate angle dihedral angle explementary angles exterior angle interior angle narrow angle oblique angle obtuse angle opposite angle plane angle right angle round angle solid angle straight angle supplementary angle vertical angle wide angle
Related
angular angulate angulation pentangle quadrangle rectangle triangle arcminute arcsecond degree gradian radian
Derived
acute-angled adjacent angle advance angle angle bar angle bead angle bisector angle brace angle bracket angledozer angle for angle for farthings anglegram angle grinder angle harp angle iron angle leaf angleless angle level anglemeter angle of attack angle of depression angle of elevation angle of His angle of incidence
Noun Entry 2
- A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
- Give me mine angle: we'll to the river there. - c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio),...
- A fisher next his trembling angle bears. - 1717, Alexander Pope, Vertuminus and Pomona:
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der. Proto-Germanic *angulaz Proto-West Germanic *angul Old English angol Middle English angel English angle From Middle English angel (“fishhook”), from Old English angel (“hook, fishhook”), from Proto-West Germanic *angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to make crooked, bend”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Ongle (“fishhook; fishing pole”), West Frisian angel (“fishing rod, stinger”), Dutch angel (“fishhook”), German Angel (“fishing pole”), Luxembourgish Aangel (“fishing rod”), Icelandic öngull (“fishhook”), Norwegian Nynorsk angel, ongel, ongul (“fishhook”), Swedish angel (“pike hook”), Prasuni uku (“shoulder”).
Forms
Verb Entry 3
- To place (something) at an angle.
- The roof is angled at 15 degrees.
- To change direction rapidly.
- The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.
- To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
- How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?
- 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.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos Proto-Italic *angulos Latin angulusder. Middle French anglebor. Middle English angle Middle English anglen English angle From Middle English anglen (“to meet at an angle, converge”), from the noun (see above).
Forms
Verb Entry 4
- To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
- To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
- He must be angling for a pay rise.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der. Proto-Germanic *angulaz Proto-West Germanic *angul Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *anglōn Old English *anglian? Middle English anglen English angle From Middle English anglen (“to fish, fish with a hook”, literally “to fish-hook”), perhaps from Old English *anglian, from Proto-West Germanic *anglōn (“to hook”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ongelje (“to fish, angle”), Dutch hengelen (“to fish, angle”), German Low German angeln (“to fish, angle”), German angeln (“to fish, angle”).