English Dictionary

angle

/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/

noun

(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).

The angle of the triangle is 90 degrees.

意味（1）

(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).

the angle between lines A and B

意味（2）

(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.

The angle between lines A and B is π/4 radians, or 45 degrees.

意味（3）

A corner where two walls intersect.

an angle of a building

意味（4）

A change in direction.

The horse took off at an angle.

意味（5）

A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.

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.”

意味（6）

(media) The focus of a news story.

意味（7）

Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

意味（8）

(slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.

意味（9）

(slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral

His angle is that he gets a percentage, but mostly in trade.

意味（10）

A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

though but an angle reached him of the stone

意味（11）

(astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.