angle

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to present with a bias

   They angled their opinions strongly.

2. 2
   verb

   to fish with a hook

   I angled a lot as a child.

3. 3
   verb

   to seek indirectly

   They were angling for a raise.

4. 4
   verb

   to incline or bend from a vertical position

   I angled the chair to a comfortable position.

5. 5
   verb

   to move or proceed at an angle

   They angled their way into the room.

6. 6
   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 angle between lines A and B

7. 7
   noun

   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.

8. 8
   noun

   A corner where two walls intersect.

   an angle of a building

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der. Proto-Germanic *angulaz Proto-West Germanic *angul Old English angol Middle English angel English angle From Middle English angel (“fishhook”), from Old English angel (“hook, fishhook”), from Proto-West Germanic *angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to make crooked, bend”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Ongle (“fishhook; fishing pole”), West Frisian angel (“fishing rod, stinger”), Dutch angel (“fishhook”), German Angel (“fishing pole”), Luxembourgish Aangel (“fishing rod”), Icelandic öngull (“fishhook”)…