Angle ˈæŋɡl Extra Examples Noun Rocket’s Descent Modern

• a 45° angle
• the rocket’s angle of descent
• it's a modern building, all brick and glass and sharp angles.
• the tower of pisa leans at an angle

angle

1. the space between two lines or surfaces that join, measured in degrees
• SEE ALSO acute angle
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• a 45° angle
• the rocket’s angle of descent

Extra Examples

• Draw a 130° angle in your notebooks.
• Each joint can move through an angle of 90°.
• The vertical line makes an angle with the horizontal line.
• the angle between these two lines
2. a corner on the outside or inside of something
• It's a modern building, all brick and glass and sharp angles.
3. the direction that something is leaning or pointing in when it does not go straight up and down or straight across from side to side
• The Tower of Pisa leans at an angle
• The plane was coming in at a steep angle.
• His hair was sticking up at all angles.
• His shoulder was bent at an odd angle so it must be broken.
• Venus and the Earth orbit the Sun at a slight angle to each other.

Extra Examples

• He wore his hat at a jaunty angle.
• She adjusted the angle of the legs to make the table stand more firmly.
• The calf's legs were splayed out at awkward angles.
4. a position from which you look at something
• The photo was taken from an unusual angle.
• The painting changes slightly when seen from different angles.
• The variety of camera angles gives her photographs interest.

Extra Examples

• How you see the building depends on your angle of vision.
• Seeing herself from this angle, she realized how like her mother she looked.
5. a particular way of presenting or thinking about a situation, problem, etc.
• We need a new angle for our next advertising campaign.
• You can look at the issue from many different angles.
• You start seeing some solutions when you view something from all angles.
• The article concentrates on the human angle (= the part that concerns people's emotions) of the story.

Extra Examples

• You need to consider the question from all angles.
• The subject is considered from an unusual angle.
• We've looked at the problem from every possible angle but still haven't found a solution.
• He took a different angle on the story.

Word Origin

• noun late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin angulus ‘corner’.