reentering angle


nounGeometry.
  1. an interior angle of a polygon that is greater than 180°.

Origin of reentering angle

1
First recorded in 1690–1700
  • Also called reentrant angle.

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How to use reentering angle in a sentence

  • It was a right-angled position and Dr. Jameson attacked them in the re-entering angle, thus having fire on his front and flank.

    The Transvaal from Within | J. P. Fitzpatrick
  • At other times poles are laid across a re-entering angle of a house and used as a wood rack, without any support from the ground.

    A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola | Victor Mindeleff and Cosmos Mindeleff
  • Sinus, a recess or bay; the re-entering angle between two lobes or projections.

  • The re-entering angle left upon the wood is called the rebate or rabbet.

    Handwork in Wood | William Noyes
  • The Russians, however, returned to their guns, and still fired from the re-entering angle of their works.

    The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard Russell

British Dictionary definitions for re-entering angle

re-entering angle

noun
  1. an interior angle of a polygon that is greater than 180°: Also called: re-entrant angle

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