angle en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡl̩] (Canada, US)
- /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/ (Canada, US)
- /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/ without æ-raising
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- [ˈæŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈæŋ.ɡl̩] without æ-raising
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- [ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡl̩] (Canada, US)
- /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/ (Canada, US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos Proto-Italic *angulos Latin angulusder. Middle French anglebor. Middle English angle English angle From Middle English angle, angul, angule, borrowed from Middle French angle, from Latin angulus, anglus (“corner, remote area”). Cognate with Old High German ancha (“nape of the neck”), Middle High German anke (“joint of the foot, nape of neck”). Doublet of angulus and ankle.
Meanings
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A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
the angle between lines A and B
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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.
The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:The angle between lines A and B is π/4 radians, or 45 degrees.
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A corner where two walls intersect.
an angle of a building
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A change in direction.
The horse took off at an angle.
- A viewpoint; a physical position to observe something.
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(used figuratively) A point of view; a perspective of thought.
For example, if I was trying to repitch an idea to a producer who had already turned it down, I would say something like, "I remember you said you didn't like my idea because there was no women's angle. Well, here's a great one that both of us must have missed during our first conversation."
2005, Adams Media, Adams Job Interview Almanac, page 299:Police had various angles to consider after securing the scene of Jodi’s disappearance.
2026 August 10, Nicholas Muhoro, “Jodi Huisentruit, 27, Vanished From Her Apartment Parking Lot in 1995. Police Found Signs of a Struggle”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2026:In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.”
2013 January 14, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 64:
- The focus of a news story.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- (slang) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
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(slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefiting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral.
His angle is that he gets a percentage, but mostly in trade.
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A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
though but an angle reached him of the stone
1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| angles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
camera angle · anglemeter · eigenangle · angle of incidence · deck angle · angle tie · reference angle · angle shaft · angle brace · angle of vanishing stability · anglepoise · angle-shoot · carpal angle · gyroangle · crank angle · first-angle projection · angle iron · angleless · full angle · narrow-angle lens · dead angle · quinquangle · angle leaf · double angle quote · adjacent angle · hyperbolic angle · angle of repose · semiangle · canted angle · angle shooter · conjugate angle · visual angle · octangle · Mach angle · vertex angle · angle bead · angle quote · torsion angle · multiangle · The Angle · Brewster's angle · angledozer · first angle projection · what's one's angle · angle of attack · angle parking · heptangle · angle of view · staff angle · advance angle · angle level · reangle · angle of torsion · crank angle degree · angle of refraction · facial angle · play the angles · angle of Louis · obtuse-angled · angle grinder · camber angle · angle of reflection · launch angle · narrow-angle · angle of elevation · circular angle · angle stealer · critical angle · third-angle projection · third angle projection · corresponding angle · angle for · angle bisector · diangle · reflex angle · angle shoot · angle stealing · stall angle · horn angle · angle bar · angle harp · gastric angle · MySpace angle · internal angle · off-angle · biangle · acute-angled · equiangle · Northwest Angle · complete angle · decangle · dihedral angle · bond angle · renal angle · wide-angle · sexangle · downflooding angle · angle bracket · cerebellopontine angle syndrome · anglewise · base angle · angle of loll · single angle quote · minute of angle · Bragg angle · Virchow's angle · Euler angle · angle shooting · phase angle · double angle quotation mark · angle for farthings · crab angle · pseudoangle · angle shot · Q angle · septangle · anglewing · spherical angle · angle of His · sternal angle · Dutch angle · angles and dangles · angle of depression · anglegram · Myspace angle · polyangle
Hyponyms
central angle · explementary angles · interior angle · angle of repose · Batman angle · exterior angle · right angle · supplementary angle · oblique angle · narrow angle · conjugate angle · vertical angle · dihedral angle · round angle · straight angle · opposite angle · obtuse angle · solid angle · plane angle · acute angle · complementary angle · wide angle
Relateds
angulation · quadrangle · triangle · arcminute · angular · degree · angulate · arcsecond · rectangle · gradian · radian · pentangle
Synonyms
viewpoint (viewpoint) · -gon (vertex) · perspective (viewpoint) · slant (viewpoint) · opinion (viewpoint) · corner (corner) · swerve (change in direction) · point of view (viewpoint) · view (viewpoint) · nook (corner)
Translations (316)
es ángulo (measure of such a figure) · rif taɣmart (corner where two walls intersect) · nl hoek (measure of such a figure) · be ву́гал (geometrical figure) · is horn (corner where two walls intersect) · gd ceàrn (measure of such a figure) · tk burç (geometrical figure) · pl winkiel (corner where two walls intersect) · ur زاوِیَہ (geometrical figure) · ckb گۆشە (geometrical figure) · id sudut (corner where two walls intersect) · tr bakış açısı (viewpoint) · it angolo (geometrical figure) · sv hörn (corner where two walls intersect) · he זווית ראיה (viewpoint) · id sudut (geometrical figure) · mn өнцөг (geometrical figure) · tg бурчак (geometrical figure) · ca angle (viewpoint) · nrf couen (corner where two walls intersect) · sl kot (geometrical figure) · oc angle (geometrical figure) · ota زاویه (geometrical figure) · sv rymdvinkel (geometrical figure) · el γωνία (viewpoint) · el κόγχη (corner where two walls intersect) · ko 모 (corner where two walls intersect) · tl siha (measure of such a figure) · ja 立場 (viewpoint) · lv leņķis (geometrical figure) · nl invalshoek (viewpoint) · uk то́чка зо́ру (viewpoint) · ko 각 (geometrical figure) · ccc itso'me (geometrical figure) · mk перспекти́ва (viewpoint) · my ထောင့် (geometrical figure) · ml കോൺ (corner where two walls intersect) · orv оугълъ (geometrical figure) · hy անկյուն (measure of such a figure) · da perspektiv (viewpoint) · da vinkel (geometrical figure) · tg кунҷ (geometrical figure) · pdt Winkjel (geometrical figure) · pt ângulo (viewpoint) · de Winkel (geometrical figure) · mi koki (geometrical figure) · mk агол (viewpoint) · pt ângulo (measure of such a figure) · pt canto (corner where two walls intersect) · lv stūris (geometrical figure) · ccc itso'me (corner where two walls intersect) · uk кут (geometrical figure) · hu szöglet (corner where two walls intersect) · uk ріг (corner where two walls intersect) · gd ceàrn (corner where two walls intersect) · nrf angle (geometrical figure) · hsb nuhł (geometrical figure) · de Aussenecke (corner where two walls intersect) · hy անկյուն (geometrical figure) · he פינה (corner where two walls intersect) · et nurk (geometrical figure) · orv оуглъ (geometrical figure) · be пункт по́гляду (viewpoint) · scn àngulu (geometrical figure) · ru у́гол (measure of such a figure) · de Blickpunkt (viewpoint) · km ជ្រុង (geometrical figure) · ga cúinne (corner where two walls intersect) · ja 隅 (corner where two walls intersect) · fa-ira زاوِیِه (viewpoint) · tl sulok (corner where two walls intersect) · bg ъ́гъл (measure of such a figure) · pl kąt (corner where two walls intersect) · ota كوشه (corner where two walls intersect) · de Wandecke (corner where two walls intersect) · tr açı (geometrical figure) · ja 角度 (viewpoint) · tr açı (viewpoint) · sq kënd (geometrical figure) · de Innenecke (corner where two walls intersect) · be кут (geometrical figure) · mi kokonga (corner where two walls intersect) · th มุมมอง (viewpoint) · ota بوجاق (corner where two walls intersect) · pl róg (corner where two walls intersect) · nb vinkel (geometrical figure) · bg ъ́гъл (change in direction) · fi kulma (measure of such a figure) · ota كنج (corner where two walls intersect) · sv synvinkel (viewpoint) · ko 귀 (corner where two walls intersect) · hu sarok (corner where two walls intersect) · fi suunnanmuutos (change in direction) · sk uhol (measure of such a figure) · da synsvinkel (viewpoint) · hi कोण (geometrical figure) · pt ângulo (geometrical figure) · ro unghi (measure of such a figure) · mi konakitanga (geometrical figure) · pl miara kąta (measure of such a figure) · rsk угел (geometrical figure) · it punto di vista (viewpoint) · ca racó (corner where two walls intersect) · de Richtungsänderung (change in direction) · ml കോൺ (geometrical figure) · sh ку̑т (geometrical figure) · ca angle (measure of such a figure) · la angulus (measure of such a figure) · hu szempont (viewpoint) · pl kąt (viewpoint) · ko 각도 (measure of such a figure) · da vinkel (viewpoint) · ug بۇرجەك (geometrical figure) · he זווית \ זָוִית (geometrical figure) · ko 구석 (corner where two walls intersect) · sk uhol (geometrical figure) · ky бурч (geometrical figure) · mk гледиште (viewpoint) · lv viedoklis (viewpoint) · ro cotitură (change in direction) · ca biaix (change in direction) · is horn (geometrical figure) · fr angle (geometrical figure) · ru то́чка зре́ния (viewpoint) · izh nurkka (corner where two walls intersect) · cmn 角度 (viewpoint) · bn কোণ (geometrical figure) · tg зовия (geometrical figure) · nl hoek (geometrical figure) · ta கோணம் (geometrical figure) · sq kan (geometrical figure) · la angulus (corner where two walls intersect) · ia angulo (geometrical figure) · ota بوجاق (geometrical figure) · id sudut pandang (viewpoint) · cmn 角 (geometrical figure) · is sjónarhorn (viewpoint) · el γωνία (change in direction) · ko 각도 (geometrical figure) · as কোণ (geometrical figure) · el γωνία (geometrical figure) · ms sudut (measure of such a figure) · sc àngulu (geometrical figure) · sk uhol pohľadu (viewpoint) · gl ángulo (measure of such a figure) · tr açı (measure of such a figure) · fa-ira دید (viewpoint) · rm angul (geometrical figure) · bg ъ́гъл (corner where two walls intersect) · sk roh (corner where two walls intersect) · el γωνία (measure of such a figure) · fr angle (corner where two walls intersect) · fr angle (viewpoint) · yi ווינקל (geometrical figure) · hu szemszög (viewpoint) · or କୋଣ (geometrical figure) · io angulo (measure of such a figure) · sh ȕgao (geometrical figure) · de Blickwinkel (viewpoint) · eo angulo (geometrical figure) · ro colț (corner where two walls intersect) · rif taɣmart (geometrical figure) · tt почмак (geometrical figure) · ms sudut (geometrical figure) · ast ángulu (geometrical figure) · de Perspektive (viewpoint) · it angolo (measure of such a figure) · fi kantti (viewpoint) · ro ungher (corner where two walls intersect) · ka კუთხე (geometrical figure) · fr angle (measure of such a figure) · ko 각 (measure of such a figure) · ota كوشه (geometrical figure) · fi näkökulma (viewpoint) · ca cantonada (corner where two walls intersect) · cmn 角 (viewpoint) · pl kąt (geometrical figure) · lo ແຈ (geometrical figure) · tg гӯша (geometrical figure) · pt esquina (corner where two walls intersect) · ota زاویه (corner where two walls intersect) · sv plan vinkel (geometrical figure) · gl ángulo (corner where two walls intersect) · ja 角 (geometrical figure) · ast ángulu (measure of such a figure) · fa-ira کُنْج (geometrical figure) · eo angulo (corner where two walls intersect) · ro unghi (viewpoint) · ko 시각 (viewpoint) · fr coin (corner where two walls intersect) · ml മൂലം (corner where two walls intersect) · pl kąt (measure of such a figure) · cmn 角度 (geometrical figure) · ba мөйөш (geometrical figure) · ug بۇلۇڭ (geometrical figure) · lt kampas (measure of such a figure) · mk а́гол (geometrical figure) · te కోణము (geometrical figure) · hi कोना (corner where two walls intersect) · te దృక్కోణం (viewpoint) · hy անկյուն (corner where two walls intersect) · pt ponto de vista (viewpoint) · km មុម (geometrical figure) · ja 角度 (measure of such a figure) · kmr qunc (geometrical figure) · gd ceàrn (geometrical figure) · ro punct de vedere (viewpoint) · ar زَاوِيَة (geometrical figure) · vi gốc (geometrical figure) · fa-ira گوشِه (geometrical figure) · de Standpunkt (viewpoint) · bg ъ́гъл (geometrical figure) · sh kȗt (geometrical figure) · shn ၸဵင်ႇ (geometrical figure) · lo ມຸມ (geometrical figure) · nl standpunt (viewpoint) · uz burchak (geometrical figure) · sa अश्रि (corner where two walls intersect) · fur angul (geometrical figure) · izh nurkka (geometrical figure) · km កោណ (geometrical figure) · fr point de vue (viewpoint) · mi konaenga (geometrical figure) · eo angulo (measure of such a figure) · ast ángulu (corner where two walls intersect) · ht ang (geometrical figure) · grc γωνία (geometrical figure) · mi konae (geometrical figure) · fa-ira زاوِیِه (geometrical figure) · mos yaasre (geometrical figure) · cs úhel (geometrical figure) · ja 角度 (geometrical figure) · ms sudut (corner where two walls intersect) · pa کوݨا (geometrical figure) · sv vinkel (geometrical figure) · uk ву́гол (corner where two walls intersect) · hu nézőpont (viewpoint) · de Sichtweise (viewpoint) · cu ѫгълъ (geometrical figure) · la angulus (geometrical figure) · lt kampas (geometrical figure) · ko 입장 (viewpoint) · hi दृष्टिकोण (viewpoint) · de Winkel (measure of such a figure) · es esquina (corner where two walls intersect) · te కోణం (measure of such a figure) · ota كنج (geometrical figure) · nl hoek (corner where two walls intersect) · mk агол (corner where two walls intersect) · ja 見地 (viewpoint) · mi poti (corner where two walls intersect) · es ángulo (geometrical figure) · sv knut (corner where two walls intersect) · hi कोण (measure of such a figure) · el γωνία (corner where two walls intersect) · pdt Winkjel (corner where two walls intersect) · pl punkt widzenia (viewpoint) · hu szög (geometrical figure) · crh köşe (geometrical figure) · pa ਕੋਣਾ (geometrical figure) · th มุม (geometrical figure) · ro cotire (change in direction) · ko 견지 (viewpoint) · af hoek (geometrical figure) · da synspunkt (viewpoint) · ru у́гол (viewpoint) · it chiave di lettura (viewpoint) · th มุม (corner where two walls intersect) · gl ángulo (geometrical figure) · cy ongl (geometrical figure) · sl kot (measure of such a figure) · kk бұрыш (geometrical figure) · mi konaki (geometrical figure) · mk агол (measure of such a figure) · es punto de vista (viewpoint) · ro unghi (geometrical figure) · th มุม (viewpoint) · fi perspektiivi (viewpoint) · az bucaq (geometrical figure) · ru у́гол (corner where two walls intersect) · dsb nugeł (geometrical figure) · ca punt de vista (viewpoint) · io angulo (geometrical figure) · az nəzər nöqtəsi (viewpoint) · ota كوشه (change in direction) · ang healh (geometrical figure) · ja 角 (corner where two walls intersect) · fi kulma (viewpoint) · fi nurkka (corner where two walls intersect) · cs úhel (measure of such a figure) · bg гле́дна то́чка (viewpoint) · mt angolu (geometrical figure) · tl siha (geometrical figure) · da vinkel (measure of such a figure) · km មុំ (geometrical figure) · uk кут (corner where two walls intersect) · sh у̏гао (geometrical figure) · ko 시점 (viewpoint) · ru у́гол (geometrical figure) · fi kulma (geometrical figure) · kmr qozî (geometrical figure) · da hjørne (corner where two walls intersect) · sa कोण (geometrical figure) · sv vinkel (measure of such a figure) · ko 귀퉁이 (corner where two walls intersect) · az nöqteyi-nəzər (viewpoint) · ga uillinn (measure of such a figure) · ca angle (geometrical figure) · pl węgieł (corner where two walls intersect) · es rincón (corner where two walls intersect) · he זווית (corner where two walls intersect) · ps زاويه (geometrical figure) · ko 관점 (viewpoint) · ko 모퉁이 (corner where two walls intersect) · ko 망각 (corner where two walls intersect) · de Ecke (corner where two walls intersect)