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an·gle

1   [ang-guhl] noun, verb, -gled, -gling.
noun
1.
Geometry.
a.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
b.
the figure so formed.
c.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
2.
an angular projection; a projecting corner: the angles of a building.
3.
a viewpoint; standpoint: He looked at the problem only from his own angle.
4.
Journalism.
a.
slant (def. 11).
b.
the point of view from which copy is written, especially when the copy is intended to interest a particular audience: The financial editor added a supplementary article from the investor's angle.
5.
one aspect of an event, problem, subject, etc.: The accountant emphasized the tax angle of the leasing arrangement.
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6.
Movies, Photography. angle shot.
7.
Informal. a secret motive: She's been too friendly lately—what's her angle?
8.
Astrology. any of the four interceptions of the equatorial circle by the two basic axes, the horizon and the meridian: commonly identified by the compass directions.
9.
angle iron (def. 2).
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verb (used with object)
10.
to move or bend in an angle.
11.
to set, fix, direct, or adjust at an angle: to angle a spotlight.
12.
Journalism. to write or edit in such a way as to appeal to a particular audience; slant: She angled her column toward teenagers.

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verb (used without object)
13.
to turn sharply in a different direction: The road angles to the right.
14.
to move or go in angles or at an angle: The trout angled downstream.
Idiom
15.
play the angles, Slang. to use every available means to reach one's goal: A second-rate talent can survive only by playing all the angles.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin angulus, of unclear orig.
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an·gle

2   [ang-guhl] verb, -gled, -gling, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to fish with hook and line.
2.
to attempt to get something by sly or artful means; fish: to angle for a compliment.
noun
3.
Archaic. a fishhook or fishing tackle.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English v. angelen, noun angel, angul, Old English angel, angul; cognate with Frisian, Dutch angel, Old Saxon, Old High German angul (> German Angel), Old Norse ǫngull; Greek ankýlos bent, Sanskrit ankuśá- hook; akin to Old English anga, Old High German ango, Latin uncus, Greek ónkos hook; relation, if any, to Latin angulus angle1 not clear

An·gle

   [ang-guhl]
noun
a member of a West Germanic people that migrated from Sleswick to Britain in the 5th century a.d. and founded the kingdoms of East Anglia, Mercia, and Northumbria. As early as the 6th century their name was extended to all the Germanic inhabitants of Britain.
Origin:
< Old English Angle plural (variant of Engle) tribal name of disputed orig.; perhaps akin to angle2 if meaning was fisher folk, coastal dwellers
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Angle
member of a Teutonic tribe, O.E., from L. Angli "the Angles," lit. "people of Angul" (O.N. Öngull), a region in what is now Holstein, said to be so-called for its hook-like shape (see angle (v.)). People from the tribe there founded the kingdoms of Mercia, Northumbia,
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and East Anglia in 5c. Britain. Their name, rather than the Saxons or Jutes, may have become the common one for the whole group of Gmc. tribes because their dialect was the first committed to writing. Both anglomania (1787) and anglophobia (1793) are first attested in writings of Thomas Jefferson.
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angle an·gle (āng'gəl)
n.
The figure or space formed by the junction of two lines or planes.

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angle   (āng'gəl)  Pronunciation Key 


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  1. A geometric figure formed by two lines that begin at a common point or by two planes that begin at a common line.

  2. The space between such lines or planes, measured in degrees. See also acute angle, obtuse angle, right angle.


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angle definition


  1. n.
    a person's understanding of something; someone's unique perspective on an event or happening. : What Bob says is interesting. What's your angle on this, Molly?
  2. n.
    a scheme or deception; a pivotal or critical feature of a scheme; the gimmick in a scheme or plot. : I got a new angle to use in a con job on the old guy.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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