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Angles

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an⋅gle

1  [ang-guhl] noun, verb, -gled, -gling.
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–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, esp. 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.
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).
–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.
–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. Slang. play the angles, 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; ME < MF < L 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:
bef. 900; ME v. angelen, n. angel, angul, OE angel, angul; c. Fris, D angel, OS, OHG angul (> G Angel), ON ǫngull; Gk ankýlos bent, Skt ankuśá- hook; akin to OE anga, OHG ango, L uncus, Gk ónkos hook; relation, if any, to L angulus angle 1 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:
< OE Angle pl. (var. of Engle) tribal name of disputed orig.; perh. akin to angle 2 if meaning was fisher folk, coastal dwellers

angle iron

 
–noun
1. an iron or steel bar, brace, or cleat in the form of an angle.
2. Also called angle, angle bar, L bar, L beam. a piece of structural iron or steel having a cross section in the form of an L.

Origin:
1850–55

angle shot

 
–noun Movies, Photography.
a picture taken with the camera pointed obliquely at the subject, sometimes causing distortion of perspective and proportion.
Also called angle.

Origin:
1935–40

slant

  [slant, slahnt]
–verb (used without object)
1. to veer or angle away from a given level or line, esp. from a horizontal; slope.
2. to have or be influenced by a subjective point of view, bias, personal feeling or inclination, etc. (usually fol. by toward).
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to slope.
4. to distort (information) by rendering it unfaithfully or incompletely, esp. in order to reflect a particular viewpoint: He slanted the news story to discredit the Administration.
5. to write, edit, or publish for the interest or amusement of a specific group of readers: a story slanted toward young adults.
–noun
6. slanting or oblique direction; slope: the slant of a roof.
7. a slanting line, surface, etc.
8. virgule.
9. a mental leaning, bias, or distortion: His mind shows a curious slant.
10. viewpoint; opinion; attitude: Let him give you his slant.
11. Informal. a glance or look.
12. Also called angle. Journalism. the particular mood or vein in which something is written, edited, or published: His column always has a humorous slant.
13. Football.
a. an offensive play in which the ball-carrier runs toward the line of scrimmage at an angle.
b. Also called slant-in. a pass pattern in which a receiver cuts diagonally across the middle of the field.
14. Also called slant-eye  [slant-ahy, slahnt-ahy] . Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. an Oriental person, esp. a Chinese or Japanese.
–adjective
15. sloping; oblique: a slant roof; a slant approach.
Origin:
1485–95; aph. var. of aslant

Related forms:
slant⋅ing⋅ly, slantly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. lean, incline. See slope. 6. incline, inclination, pitch, obliquity, obliqueness.
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an·gle 1   (āng'gəl)   
intr.v.   an·gled, an·gling, an·gles

  1. To fish with a hook and line.

  2. To try to get something by indirect or artful means: angle for a promotion.

n.   Obsolete
A fishhook or fishing tackle.

[Middle English anglen, from angel, fishhook, from Old English.]
an·gle 2   (āng'gəl)   
n.  

  1. Mathematics

    1. The figure formed by two lines diverging from a common point.

    2. The figure formed by two planes diverging from a common line.

    3. The rotation required to superimpose either of two such lines or planes on the other.

    4. The space between such lines or surfaces.

    5. A solid angle.

    6. The place, position, or direction from which an object is presented to view: a building that looks impressive from any angle.

    7. An aspect, as of a problem, seen from a specific point of view. See Synonyms at phase.

  2. A sharp or projecting corner, as of a building.

    1. The place, position, or direction from which an object is presented to view: a building that looks impressive from any angle.

    2. An aspect, as of a problem, seen from a specific point of view. See Synonyms at phase.

  4. Slang A devious method; a scheme.

v.   an·gled, an·gling, an·gles

v.   tr.

  1. To move or turn (something) at an angle: angled the chair toward the window.

  2. Sports To hit (a ball or puck, for example) at an angle.

  3. Informal To impart a biased aspect or point of view to: angled the story in a way that criticized the candidate.

v.   intr.
To continue along or turn at an angle or by angles: The road angles sharply to the left. The path angled through the woods.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin angulus.]
An·gle   (āng'gəl)   
n.  A member of a Germanic people that migrated to England from southern Jutland in the 5th century A.D., founded the kingdoms of Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia, and together with the Jutes and Saxons formed the Anglo-Saxon peoples.

[From Latin Anglī, the Angles, of Germanic origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
angle

  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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slant

  1. n.
    a biased view; a unique perception. (A synonym for angle.) : You can probably give us yet another slant on this problem.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

angle  (v.)
"to fish with a hook," 1496, from O.E. angel (n.) "fish hook," related to anga "hook," from PIE *ank- "to bend" (see angle (n.)). Figurative sense is recorded from 1589.
"It is but a sory lyfe and an yuell to stand anglynge all day to catche a fewe fisshes." [John Palsgrave, 1530]

slant  (v.)
1521, "to strike obliquely" (against something), alteration of slenten "slip sideways" (c.1300), perhaps via a Scand. source (cf. Sw. slinta "to slip," Norw. slenta "to fall on one side"), from P.Gmc. *slintanan. Sense of "to slope" is first recorded 1698. The adj./adv. is attested from 1495. The noun is from 1655. Derogatory slang sense of "Oriental, slant-eyed person" is recorded from 1943, from earlier slant-eyes (1929).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: an·gle
Pronunciation: 'a[ng]-g&l
Function: noun
1 : a corner whether constituting a projecting part or a partially enclosedspace
2 a : the figure formed by two lines extending from the same point b : a measure of an angle or of the amount of turning necessary to bring one line or planeinto coincidence with or parallel to another —an·gled /-g&ld/ adjective

Main Entry: slant
Pronunciation: 'slant
Function: noun
: a culture medium solidified obliquely in a tube so as to increase the surface area slant> —compare STAB 2a
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

angle an·gle (āng'gəl)
n.
The figure or space formed by the junction of two lines or planes.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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