Definition of "angle"

angle¹

/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/

noun
plural angles
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).
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.
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  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
3. A corner where two walls intersect.
4. A change in direction.
5. A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
  Quotations
  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, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 64
  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
6. (media) The focus of a news story.
7. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
8. (slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
9. (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
10. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
  Quotations
  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, […]
11. (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.

angle²

/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/

verb
third-person singular simple present angles, present participle angling, simple past and past participle angled
1. (transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
2. (intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
3. (transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
4. (transitive, cue sports) 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.

angle³

/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/

noun
plural angles
1. A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
  Quotations
  Give me mine angle: we'll to the river there.
  c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene v]
  A fisher next his trembling angle bears.
  1717, Alexander Pope, Vertuminus and Pomona

angle⁴

/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/

verb
third-person singular simple present angles, present participle angling, simple past and past participle angled
1. (intransitive, figurative) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
2. (informal, with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.

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