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an⋅gle

1 [ang-guh

noun, verb, -gled, -gling.

–noun

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.

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.

an⋅gle

2 [ang-guh

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-guh

–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.

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] Show IPA . 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·gle¹ (āng'gəl)

intr.v. an·gled, an·gling, an·gles

To fish with a hook and line.
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·gle² (āng'gəl)

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.
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.
Slang A devious method; a scheme.

v. an·gled, an·gling, an·gles

v. tr.

To move or turn (something) at an angle: angled the chair toward the window.
Sports To hit (a ball or puck, for example) at an angle.
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.]

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Angle

An"gle\ ([a^][ng]"g'l), n. [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.]

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

Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser.

To search the tenderest angles of the heart. --Milton.

2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.

3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

Though but an angle reached him of the stone. --Dryden.

4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." [Obs.] --Chaucer.

5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. --Shak.

A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope.

Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 90[deg].

Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to both angles.

Alternate angles. See Alternate.

Angle bar. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as Angle iron.

Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall.

Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight.

Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted.

Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle.

Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata.

Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both.

Curvilineal angle, one formed by two curved lines.

External angles, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened.

Facial angle. See under Facial.

Internal angles, those which are within any right-lined figure.

Mixtilineal angle, one formed by a right line with a curved line.

Oblique angle, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle.

Obtuse angle, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90[deg].

Optic angle. See under Optic.

Rectilineal or Right-lined angle, one formed by two right lines.

Right angle, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a quarter circle).

Solid angle, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point.

Spherical angle, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere.

Visual angle, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye.

For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence, reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction, see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.

Angle

An"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Angled; p. pr. & vb. n. Angling.]

1. To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.

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

The hearts of all that he did angle for. --Shak.

Angle

An"gle\, v. t. To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. [Obs.] "He angled the people's hearts." --Sir P. Sidney.

Language Translation for : angle

Spanish: ángulo,

German: der Winkel,

Japanese: 角(度)

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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]

angle (n.)

"intersecting lines," c.1384, from L. angulum (nom. angulus) "corner," a dim. form from PIE base *ang-/*ank- "to bend" (cf. Gk. ankylos "bent, crooked," L. ang(u)ere "to compress in a bend, fold, strangle," O.C.S. aglu "corner," Lith. anka "loop," Skt. ankah "hook, bent," O.E. ancleo "ankle," O.H.G. ango "hook").

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. People from the tribe there founded the kingdoms of Mercia, Northumbia, 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.

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

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

angle (āng'gəl) Pronunciation Key

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A geometric figure formed by two lines that begin at a common point or by two planes that begin at a common line.
The space between such lines or planes, measured in degrees. See also acute angle , obtuse angle , right angle.

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