angle
Syllables: an·gle/ˈæŋ.ɡəl//ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/
angle noun: a figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
Noun (1)
angle (plural angles)
- 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, resolving incoming images in minute detail.2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist
- A corner where two walls intersect.
- an angle of a building
- A change in direction.
- The horse took off at an angle.
- Synonyms:
- swerve
- A viewpoint; a physical position to observe something.
- A point of view; a perspective of thought.
- 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."2005, Adams Media, Adams Job Interview Almanac, page 299
- 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.”2013 January, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 64
- 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 stone1717, 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.
- Synonyms:
- -gon
Verb (1)
angle (third-person singular simple present angles, present participle angling, simple past and past participle angled)
- 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.
Noun (2)
angle (plural angles)
- 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), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- A fisher next his trembling angle bears.1717, Alexander Pope, Vertuminus and Pomona
Verb (2)
angle (third-person singular simple present angles, present participle angling, simple past and past participle angled)
Noun (3) capitalized: Angle
Angle (plural Angles)
angle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
angle in Hindi
- geometrical figure
- कोण koṇ
- viewpoint
- दृष्टिकोण dŕṣṭikoṇ
- measure of such a figure
- कोण koṇ
- corner where two walls intersect
- कोना konā
angle in Tamil
- geometrical figure
- கோணம் kōṇam
angle in Marathi
- angle
- कोन kon
angle in Urdu
- geometrical figure
- زاوِیَہ zāviya
More languagesFewer languages
- angle in Bengali
- কোণ kōn
- angle in Telugu
- కోణము kōṇamu, దృక్కోణం dr̥kkōṇaṁ, కోణం kōṇaṁ
- angle in Malayalam
- കോൺ kōṇ, മൂലം mūlaṁ
- angle in Kannada
- ಕೋಣ, ಕೋಸು, ಮೂಲೆ, ಕೋನ
- angle in Punjabi
- ਕੋਣਾ koṇā, کوݨا koṇā
- angle in Gujarati
- ખૂણો khūṇo
- angle in Odia
- କୋଣ koṇa
- angle in Sanskrit
- कोण koṇa, अश्रि aśri
- angle in Assamese
- কোণ kün
- angle in Pashto
- زاويه zāweyá
- angle in Tagalog
- siha, sulok
- angle in Arabic
- زَاوِيَة zāwiya
- angle in Malay
- sudut
- angle in Indonesian
- sudut, sudut pandang
- angle in Thai
- มุม mum, มุมมอง mum-mɔɔng
- angle in Vietnamese
- gốc
- angle in Myanmar
- ထောင့် htaung.
Examples of angle in a sentence
- The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
- Angle A is 40°, and its complementary angle, B, is 50°.
- Dikes may be discordant to country rock if they intrude at a high angle to the bedding.
Synonyms of angle
Forms of angle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | angles |
| plural | Angles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | angles |
| present participle | angling |
| past participle | angled |
| past | angled |
Origin of 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.
From Middle English anglen (“to meet at an angle, converge”), from the noun (see above).
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”).
Words formed from angle
- Angleton
- Anglic
- Anglish
- anglo
- Anglo-
- 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 loll
- 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
Phrases with angle
- Q angle
- off angle
- The Angle
- angle bars
- angle ties
- crab angle
- dead angle
- deck angle
- full angle
- horn angle
- Mach angle
- acute angle
78 more phrasesFewer phrases
- angle beads
- angle harps
- angle irons
- angle shots
- crank angle
- Dutch angle
- Euler angle
- phase angle
- plane angle
- renal angle
- right angle
- round angle
- solid angle
- staff angle
- stall angle
- angle braces
- angle leaves
- angle levels
- angle quotes
- angle shafts
- angle shoots
- Batman angle
- carpal angle
- facial angle
- launch angle
- narrow angle
- obtuse angle
- reflex angle
- vertex angle
- visual angle
- central angle
- gastric angle
- MySpace angle
- oblique angle
- sternal angle
- torsion angle
- angle brackets
- angle grinders
- angle shooters
- angle stealers
- Brewster angle
- circular angle
- complete angle
- critical angle
- dihedral angle
- exterior angle
- interior angle
- internal angle
- opposite angle
- straight angle
- vertical angle
- angle bisectors
- conjugate angle
- minute of angle
- Northwest Angle
- reference angle
- spherical angle
- Virchow's angle
- hyperbolic angle
- minutes of angle
- crank angle degree
- double angle quote
- downflooding angle
- single angle quote
- what's one's angle
- complementary angle
- corresponding angle
- crank angle degrees
- double angle quotes
- single angle quotes
- supplementary angle
- first angle projection
- third angle projection
- first angle projections
- third angle projections
- double angle quotation mark
- double angle quotation marks
- cerebellopontine angle syndrome
Words that rhyme with angle
Questions about angle
- What does angle mean?
- Angle means a figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
- What is angle in Hindi?
- Angle in Hindi is कोण (koṇ), दृष्टिकोण (dŕṣṭikoṇ), कोना (konā). See Angle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is angle?
- Angle can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce angle?
- Angle is pronounced /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/.
- What is the plural of angle?
- The plural of angle is angles.
Words near angle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: angle (page history and authors); Angle (page history and authors); कोन (Marathi) (page history and authors); angle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ખૂણો (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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