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noun
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Aeronautics. the angle at which the right and left wings or the halves of any other horizontal surface of an airplane or the like are inclined upward or downward.
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Dihedral
is always a great word to know.
So is shear stress. Does it mean:
| fractional volume change of a body due to uniform pressure |
| external force acting on an object or surface parallel to the slope or plane |
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World English Dictionary
| dihedral (daɪˈhiːdrəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having or formed by two intersecting planes; two-sided: a dihedral angle |
| —n | |
| 2. | dihedron, Also called: dihedral angle the figure formed by two intersecting planes |
| 3. | the US name for corner |
| 4. | Compare anhedral the upward inclination of an aircraft wing in relation to the lateral axis |
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Science Dictionary
dihedral  (dī-hē'drəl) Pronunciation Key
Formed by a pair of planes or sections of planes that intersect. |
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