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angle1 definition

an·gle (gəl)

noun

    1. the shape made by two straight lines meeting at a common point, the vertex, or by two planes meeting along an edge
    2. solid angle
  1. the space between, or within, such lines or planes
  2. the measure of this space, expressed in degrees, radians, or steradians
  3. a sharp or projecting corner
  4. an aspect, as of something viewed or considered; point of view to examine a problem from all angles
  5. Informal
    1. a motive
    2. a tricky method for achieving a purpose

Etymology: ME & OFr < L angulus, a corner, angle < Gr ankylos, bent, crooked: see ankle

transitive verb, intransitive verb angled -·gled, angling -·gling

  1. to move or bend at an angle or by means of angles
  2. Informal to give a specific point of view to (a story, report, etc.)
angle2 definition

an·gle (gəl)

intransitive verb angled -·gled, angling -·gling

  1. to fish with a hook and line
  2. to scheme or use tricks to get something he angled for her attention

Etymology: < ME angel < OE angul, fishhook, hook: see ankle

Angle definition

An·gle (gəl)

noun

a member of a Germanic people of the northern lowlands that settled in eastern England in the 5th cent. : the name England is from Englaland (land of the Angles), and English is from Englisc (of the Angles)

Etymology: L Angli < PGmc source of OE Angle, Ængle, the Angles < Angel, Angul, district in Holstein, lit., hook (see angle): so named from its shape

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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