Definitions for angle
ˈæŋ gəlan·gle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 4 votes

1. anglenoun

   the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

2. slant, anglenoun

   a biased way of looking at or presenting something

3. Angleverb

   a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons

4. angleverb

   move or proceed at an angle

   "he angled his way into the room"

5. lean, tilt, tip, slant, angleverb

   to incline or bend from a vertical position

   "She leaned over the banister"

6. fish, angleverb

   seek indirectly

   "fish for compliments"

7. angleverb

   fish with a hook

8. slant, angle, weightverb

   present with a bias

   "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Anglenoun

   A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons.

2. Etymology: Mostly derived from the toponym Angle, from *anguz "narrow, tight; tapering, angular", either indicating the "narrow" water (i.e. the Schlei estuary), or the "angular" shape of the peninsula.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ANGLEnoun

   The space intercepted between two lines intersecting each other.

   Etymology: angle, Fr. angulus, Lat.

   Angle of the centre of a circle, is an angle whose vertex, or angular point is at the centre of a circle, and whose legs are two semidiameters of that circle. Edmund Stone, Dict.

2. ANGLEnoun

   An instrument to take fish, consisting of a rod, a line, and a hook.

   Etymology: angle, Fr. angulus, Lat.

   She also had an angle in her hand; but the taker was so taken, that she had forgotten taking. Philip Sidney.

   Give me mine angle, we’ll to the river there,
   My musick playing far off, I will betray
   Tawny finn’d fish; my bended hook shall pierce
   Their slimy jaws. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.

   The patient fisher takes his silent stand,
   Intent, his angle trembling in his hand;
   With looks unmov’d, he hopes the scaly breed,
   And eyes the dancing cork, and bending reed. Alexander Pope, Winds.

3. To Angleverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To fish with a rod and hook.

   The ladies angling in the crystal lake,
   Feast on the waters with the prey they take. Edmund Waller.

   2. To try to gain by some insinuating artifices, as fishes are caught by a bait.

   By this face,
   This seeming brow of justice, did he win
   The hearts of all that he did angle for. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   The pleasant’st angling is to see the fish
   Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,
   And greedily devour the treacherous bait;
   So angle we for Beatrice. William Shakespeare, Much ado about Nothing.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Angle

   In Euclidean geometry, an angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the sides of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle. Angles formed by two rays lie in the plane that contains the rays. Angles are also formed by the intersection of two planes. These are called dihedral angles. Two intersecting curves may also define an angle, which is the angle of the rays lying tangent to the respective curves at their point of intersection. Angle is also used to designate the measure of an angle or of a rotation. This measure is the ratio of the length of a circular arc to its radius. In the case of a geometric angle, the arc is centered at the vertex and delimited by the sides. In the case of a rotation, the arc is centered at the center of the rotation and delimited by any other point and its image by the rotation.

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1. angle

   An angle is a geometric figure formed by two lines or rays (called the sides of the angle) that extend from a common point (called the vertex of the angle). The size of an angle is usually measured in degrees or radians, and represents the rotation from one side of the angle to the other.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Anglenoun

   the inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook

2. Anglenoun

   the figure made by. two lines which meet

3. Anglenoun

   the difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle

4. Anglenoun

   a projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment

5. Anglenoun

   a name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses."

6. Anglenoun

   a fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod

7. Angleverb

   to fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line

8. Angleverb

   to use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise

9. Angleverb

   to try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure

10. Etymology: [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked, angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.]

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1. Angle

   In geometry, an angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the sides of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle. Angles are usually presumed to be in a Euclidean plane or in the Euclidean space, but are also defined in non-Euclidean geometries. In particular, in spherical geometry, the spherical angles are defined, using arcs of great circles instead of rays. Angle is also used to designate the measure of an angle or of a rotation. This measure is the ratio of the length of a circular arc to its radius. In the case of a geometric angle, the arc is centered at the vertex and delimited by the sides. In the case of a rotation, the arc is centered at the center of the rotation and delimited by any other point and its image by the rotation. The word angle comes from the Latin word angulus, meaning "a corner". The word angulus is a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin. Cognate words are the Greek ἀγκύλος, meaning "crooked, curved," and the English word "ankle". Both are connected with the Proto-Indo-European root *ank-, meaning "to bend" or "bow". Euclid defines a plane angle as the inclination to each other, in a plane, of two lines which meet each other, and do not lie straight with respect to each other. According to Proclus an angle must be either a quality or a quantity, or a relationship. The first concept was used by Eudemus, who regarded an angle as a deviation from a straight line; the second by Carpus of Antioch, who regarded it as the interval or space between the intersecting lines; Euclid adopted the third concept, although his definitions of right, acute, and obtuse angles are certainly quantitative.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Angle

   ang′gl, n. a hook or bend: a fishing-rod with line and hook.—v.i. to fish with an angle.—v.t. to entice: to try to gain by some artifice.—ns. Ang′ler, one who fishes with an angle: a voracious fish about three feet long, not uncommon on British shores, and called also the Fishing-frog, the Sea-devil, and by the Scotch, Wide-gab; Ang′ling, the art or practice of fishing with a rod and line. [A.S. angel, a hook, allied to Anchor.]

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1. Angle

   Angle was founded to fix a problem. How can web content be delivered audibly by using only your voice. For people that have vision impairment, drivers and commuters, and those leading active lifestyles, using gestures and reading is not always an easy or safe way to access content that they want. At Angle the goal is to provide tools that allow safe and easy ways to access content by using only your voice and your ears.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. angle

   The space or aperture intersected by the natural inclination of two lines or planes meeting each other, the place of intersection being called the vertex or angular point, and the lines legs. Angles are distinguished by the number of degrees they subtend, to 360°, or the whole circumference of a circle. Angles are acute, obtuse, right, curvilinear, rectilinear, &c. (all of which see).

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. angle

   In geometry, is the inclination of two lines meeting one another in a point, or the portion of space lying between two lines, or between two or more surfaces meeting in a common point called the vertex. Angles are of various kinds according to the lines or sides which form them. Those most frequently referred to in fortification and gunnery are:

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. angle

   The amount of space defined by a specific number of lines that meet at a known point.

   The angle of the house was structured and looked amazing.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 23, 2020  

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1. angle

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2. Angle

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EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Angle

   of tegmina, "is the longitudinal ridge formed along the interno-median by the sudden flexure from the horizontal to the vertical portion when closed."

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ANGLE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Angle is ranked #6035 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Angle surname appeared 5,693 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Angle.
   
   89.7% or 5,112 total occurrences were White.
   4.3% or 249 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.2% or 128 total occurrences were Black.
   1.6% or 94 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.3% or 77 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 33 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Bend
   • Bias
   • Fish
   • Point Of View
   • Search
   • Space
   • Travel

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'angle' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4103

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'angle' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2232

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'angle' in Nouns Frequency: #1186

Anagrams for angle »

1. angel

2. Angel

3. Elgan

4. Galen

5. glean

6. agnel

7. lagen

8. genal

How to pronounce angle?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say angle in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of angle in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of angle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of angle in a Sentence

1. Dragan Trifunovic:

   People are very proud to live in this city and to see it from another angle.

2. Matthew Arnold:

   It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking at it that one overcomes it but, rather, often by working on the one next to it. Certain people and certain things require to be approached on an angle.

3. Pete Morelli:

   The back judge threw his flag for defensive pass interference. We got other information from another official from a different angle that thought the contact was minimal and didn’t warrant pass interference. He thought it was face-guarding.

4. George Santayana:

   To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.

5. Dragan Trifunovic:

   When I was kid I always dreamed how it would be nice to be able to fly and to see what birds can see, and with this equipment, my dreams came true, people are very proud to live in this city and to see it from another angle.

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