English Explanatory Dictionary

angle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
  2. 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.
  3. A corner where two walls intersect.
  4. A change in direction.
  5. A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
  6. The focus of a news story.
  7. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
  8. A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
  9. An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefiting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral.
  10. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
  11. Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
verb
  1. To place (something) at an angle.
  2. To change direction rapidly.
  3. To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
  4. 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
  1. A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
verb
  1. To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
  2. To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/ [ˈæŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈæŋ.ɡl̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-angle.wav /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/ [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡl̩] /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/ [ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡl̩] en-us-angle.ogg

Word forms

angle angles angling angled

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.

Synonyms

corner nook swerve opinion perspective point of view slant view viewpoint -gon

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

Translations

Afrikaans: hoek Albanian: kënd Albanian: kan Arabic: زَاوِيَة Armenian: անկյուն Assamese: কোণ Asturian: ángulu Azerbaijani: bucaq Bashkir: мөйөш Belarusian: ву́гал Belarusian: кут Bengali: কোণ Bulgarian: ъ́гъл Burmese: ထောင့် Catalan: angle Chamicuro: itso'me Chinese Mandarin: 角 Chinese Mandarin: 角度 Crimean Tatar: köşe Czech: úhel Danish: vinkel Dutch: hoek Esperanto: angulo Estonian: nurk Finnish: kulma French: angle Friulian: angul Galician: ángulo Georgian: კუთხე German: Winkel Greek: γωνία Ancient Greek: γωνία Haitian Creole: ang Hebrew: זווית \ זָוִית Hindi: कोण Hungarian: szög Icelandic: horn Ido: angulo Indonesian: sudut Ingrian: nurkka Interlingua: angulo Italian: angolo Japanese: 角 Japanese: 角度
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