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diedral

diedral is the alternative spelling of dihedral.

Meaning of dihedral

Adjective

dihedral (not comparable)

  1. Consisting of, relating to or contained between two plane surfaces.
    • dihedral angle
  2. Having wings that form a dihedral angle, especially when the angle between the upper sides is less than 180°.
  3. Of wing pairs, inclined at an upward angle to each other.

See all 6 meanings of dihedral

Forms of diedral

pluraldiedrals

Questions about diedral

What is diedral the alternative spelling of?
Diedral is the alternative spelling of dihedral.

Words near diedral in the dictionary

  1. died the way one lived
  2. dieded
  3. Diederich
  4. Diederichs
  5. Diederik
  6. diedral
  7. diedrals
  8. diedrate
  9. diedre
  10. diedres
  11. Diedrich

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diedral (page history and authors); dihedral (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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