angle

Meanings

Noun

• 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 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.
• A corner where two walls intersect.
• A change in direction.
• A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
• The focus of a news story.
• Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
• A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
• An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
• A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
• Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
• A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

Verb

• To place (something) at an angle.
• To change direction rapidly.
• To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
• To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving 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.
• To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
• (with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.

Related

Similar words

• corner, nook
• swerve
• -gon (as per hexagon)
• opinion, perspective, point of view, slant, view, viewpoint

Narrower meaning words

• acute angle
• obtuse angle
• angle of repose
• central angle
• complementary angle
• dihedral angle
• exterior angle
• interior angle
• narrow angle
• oblique angle
• opposite angle
• plane angle
• right angle
• round angle
• solid angle
• straight angle
• supplementary angle
• vertical angle
• wide angle

Origin

• From Middle English angle, angul, angule, borrowed from Middle French angle, from Latin angulus, from Proto-Indo-European < *h₂eng-. Cognate with Old High German ancha, Middle High German anke. angulus.
• From Middle English anglen, from Middle English angel, from Old English angel, angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulō, *angô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-. Cognate with West Frisian angel, Dutch angel, German Angel, German angeln, Icelandic öngull.