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dihedral

adjective

  1. having or formed by two intersecting plane faces: a dihedral angle
    1. having wings that form a dihedral angle with each other, as some airplanes
    2. being inclined to each other at a dihedral angle: said of airplane wing pairs

noun

  1. a dihedral angle
  2. the acute angle, normally upward, between the wings of certain airplanes, designed to improve lateral stability

See dihedral in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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