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Word History and Origins
Origin of dihedral angle1
First recorded in 1820–30
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Example Sentences
In determining the center of gravity, the bird was frozen in the soaring position, its wings making a dihedral angle of 150.
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At this point in Book VI it is customary to introduce the dihedral angle.
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The reason is that the flexible covering will be bowed back by the wind, forming an approximate "dihedral angle."
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The wings were fixed at a considerable dihedral angle, and the engine was a twenty-four horse-power Antoinette.
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But in some machines to-day a modified dihedral angle is used, and with satisfactory results.
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