angle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: angles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: angles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: angling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: angled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: angled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
pos: noun
examples: the angle between lines A and B
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: 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, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
gloss: A corner where two walls intersect.
pos: noun
examples: an angle of a building
gloss: A change in direction.
pos: noun
examples: The horse took off at an angle.
gloss: A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
pos: noun
examples: 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 epidemiologists call “the next big one.”
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 great one that both of us must have missed during our first conversation."
gloss: The focus of a news story.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
pos: noun
gloss: A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefiting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: His angle is that he gets a percentage, but mostly in trade.
gloss: A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
pos: noun
examples: though but an angle reached him of the stone
gloss: Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
pos: noun
gloss: To place (something) at an angle.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The roof is angled at 15 degrees.
gloss: To change direction rapidly.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
examples: The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.
gloss: To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: corner
nook
Related words: angular
angulate
angulation
pentangle
quadrangle
rectangle
triangle
arcminute
arcsecond
degree
gradian
radian
Derived words: 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
angle of Louis
angle of reflection
angle of refraction
angle of repose
angle of torsion
angle of vanishing stability
angle of view
angle parking
anglepoise
angle quote
angles and dangles
angle shaft
angle shoot
angle-shoot
angle shooter
angle shooting
angle shot
angle stealer
angle stealing
angle tie
anglewing
anglewise
base angle
biangle
bond angle
Bragg angle
Brewster's angle
camber angle
camera angle
canted angle
carpal angle
cerebellopontine angle syndrome
circular angle
complete angle
conjugate angle
corresponding angle
crab angle
crank angle
crank angle degree
critical angle
dead angle
decangle
deck angle
diangle
dihedral angle
double angle quotation mark
double angle quote
downflooding angle
Dutch angle
eigenangle
equiangle
Euler angle
facial angle
first angle projection
first-angle projection
full angle
gastric angle
gyroangle
heptangle
horn angle
hyperbolic angle
internal angle
launch angle
Mach angle
minute of angle
multiangle
Myspace angle
MySpace angle
narrow-angle
narrow-angle lens
Northwest Angle
obtuse-angled
octangle
off-angle
phase angle
play the angles
polyangle
pseudoangle
Q angle
quinquangle
reangle
reference angle
reflex angle
renal angle
semiangle
septangle
sexangle
single angle quote
spherical angle
staff angle
stall angle
sternal angle
The Angle
third-angle projection
third angle projection
torsion angle
vertex angle
Virchow's angle
visual angle
what's one's angle
wide-angle
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: hoek
lang: Albanian
word: kënd
lang: Albanian
word: kan
lang: Arabic
word: زَاوِيَة
roman: zāwiya
lang: Armenian
word: անկյուն
roman: ankyun
lang: Assamese
word: কোণ
roman: kün
lang: Asturian
word: ángulu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: bucaq
lang: Bashkir
word: мөйөш
roman: möyöş
lang: Belarusian
word: ву́гал
roman: vúhal
lang: Belarusian
word: кут
roman: kut
lang: Bengali
word: কোণ
roman: kōn
lang: Bulgarian
word: ъ́гъл
roman: ǎ́gǎl
lang: Burmese
word: ထောင့်
roman: htaung.
lang: Catalan
word: angle
lang: Chamicuro
word: itso'me
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 角
roman: jiǎo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 角度
roman: jiǎodù
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: köşe
lang: Czech
word: úhel
lang: Danish
word: vinkel
lang: Dutch
word: hoek
lang: Esperanto
word: angulo
lang: Estonian
word: nurk
lang: Finnish
word: kulma
lang: French
word: angle
lang: Friulian
word: angul
lang: Galician
word: ángulo
lang: Georgian
word: კუთხე
roman: ḳutxe
lang: German
word: Winkel
lang: Greek
word: γωνία
roman: gonía
lang: Ancient Greek
word: γωνία
roman: gōnía
lang: Haitian Creole
word: ang
lang: Hebrew
word: זווית \ זָוִית
roman: zavít
lang: Hindi
word: कोण
roman: koṇ
lang: Hungarian
word: szög
lang: Icelandic
word: horn
lang: Ido
word: angulo
lang: Indonesian
word: sudut
lang: Ingrian
word: nurkka
lang: Interlingua
word: angulo
lang: Italian
word: angolo
lang: Japanese
word: 角
roman: kaku
lang: Japanese
word: 角度
roman: kakudo
lang: Kazakh
word: бұрыш
roman: būryş
lang: Khmer
word: មុំ
roman: mum
lang: Khmer
word: មុម
roman: mum
lang: Khmer
word: ជ្រុង
roman: crung
lang: Khmer
word: កោណ
roman: kaon
lang: Korean
word: 각
roman: gak
lang: Korean
word: 각도
roman: gakdo
lang: Central Kurdish
word: گۆشە
roman: goşe
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: qozî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: qunc
lang: Kyrgyz
word: бурч
roman: burc
lang: Lao
word: ມຸມ
roman: mum
lang: Lao
word: ແຈ
roman: chǣ
lang: Latin
word: angulus
lang: Latvian
word: stūris
lang: Latvian
word: leņķis
lang: Lithuanian
word: kampas
lang: Macedonian
word: а́гол
roman: ágol
lang: Malay
word: sudut
lang: Malayalam
word: കോൺ
roman: kōṇ
lang: Maltese
word: angolu
lang: Māori
word: konae
lang: Māori
word: konaenga
lang: Māori
word: konaki
lang: Māori
word: konakitanga
lang: Māori
word: koki
lang: Mongolian
word: өнцөг
roman: öncög
lang: Moore
word: yaasre
lang: Norman
word: angle
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: vinkel
lang: Occitan
word: angle
lang: Odia
word: କୋଣ
roman: koṇa
lang: Church Slavic
word: ѫгълъ
roman: ǫgŭlŭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: оугълъ
roman: ugŭlŭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: оуглъ
roman: uglŭ
lang: Old English
word: healh
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: угел
roman: uhel
lang: Pashto
word: زاويه
roman: zāweyá
lang: Iranian Persian
word: زاوِیِه
roman: zâviye
lang: Iranian Persian
word: گوشِه
roman: guše
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کُنْج
roman: konj
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Winkjel
lang: Polish
word: kąt
lang: Portuguese
word: ângulo
lang: Punjabi
word: ਕੋਣਾ
roman: koṇā
lang: Punjabi
word: کوݨا
roman: koṇā
lang: Romanian
word: unghi
lang: Romansh
word: angul
lang: Russian
word: у́гол
roman: úgol
lang: Sanskrit
word: कोण
roman: koṇa
lang: Sardinian
word: àngulu
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ceàrn
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: у̏гао
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ку̑т
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ȕgao
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kȗt
lang: Shan
word: ၸဵင်ႇ
roman: tsàeng
lang: Sicilian
word: àngulu
lang: Slovak
word: uhol
lang: Slovene
word: kot
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: nugeł
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: nuhł
lang: Spanish
word: ángulo
lang: Swedish
word: vinkel
lang: Swedish
word: plan vinkel
lang: Swedish
word: rymdvinkel
lang: Tagalog
word: siha
lang: Tajik
word: зовия
roman: zoviya
lang: Tajik
word: гӯша
roman: güša
lang: Tajik
word: кунҷ
roman: kunj
lang: Tajik
word: бурчак
roman: burčak
lang: Tamil
word: கோணம்
roman: kōṇam
lang: Tarifit
word: taɣmart
lang: Tatar
word: почмак
roman: poçmaq
lang: Telugu
word: కోణము
roman: kōṇamu
lang: Thai
word: มุม
roman: mum
lang: Turkish
word: açı
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: بوجاق
roman: bucak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كوشه
roman: köşe
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: زاویه
roman: zâviye
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كنج
roman: künc
lang: Turkmen
word: burç
lang: Ukrainian
word: кут
roman: kut
lang: Urdu
word: زاوِیَہ
roman: zāviya
lang: Uyghur
word: بۇلۇڭ
roman: bulung
lang: Uyghur
word: بۇرجەك
roman: burjek
lang: Uzbek
word: burchak
lang: Vietnamese
word: gốc
lang: Welsh
word: ongl
lang: Yiddish
word: ווינקל
roman: vinkl