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Word: angle (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A change in direction.
  • A corner where two walls intersect.
  • A member of an ancient Germanic tribe, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons.
  • A viewpoint.
  • geometry A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
  • geometry The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
  • media The focus of a news story.
  • slang A scheme; a means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, possibly illegal.
  • professional wrestling A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.

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Verb:

  • informal (with ''for'') To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
  • informal To change direction rapidly.
  • intransitive To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
  • snooker To leave the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
  • informal To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
  • often in the passive To place (something) at an angle.

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