angle

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. 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. 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.
3. A corner where two walls intersect.
4. A change in direction.
5. A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
6. The focus of a news story.
7. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
8. (slang) 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.
11. Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.

Verb

1. To place (something) at an angle.
2. (informal) To change direction rapidly.
3. (informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
4. 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.

Verb

1. To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
2. (informal) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.

Sinònims

corner

fish

🐟

slant

edge

perspective

bank

🏦

aspect

point of view

viewpoint

rim

shore

catch fish

inside corner

lean

weight

nook

standpoint

outlook

side

incline

tilt

tip

go fishing

curve

decline

demon

diffract

dime

direct

ensnare

every

🔁

fishhook

fishing rod

flex

foreshortening

gear

⚙️

head

hook

🪝

horn

hump

hunt

incurvate

induce

inflect

level

list

make

marcel

net

nymph

oblique

orient

pepper

persuade

pinch

presentation

prevail

projection

ram

🐏

sector

set square

shape

skew

slope

snare

spirit

steer

strike

throw

train

🚋

trap

🪤

trawl

troll

🧌

try to catch

vertex

wave

👋

wend

canalise

airt

view point

in the corner

spirits and the angels

still-fish

travel purposefully

ang

angulus

part

jiao-elongated clitoris

address

aim

angel

👼

angular

angular domain

attitude

bend

bevel

bias

bight

bob

bring around

bring round

butt

canalize

canthus

catch

chock

cock

coign

conjugate

crook

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: angle

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: ancha

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: anke

Heretat de anglès mitjà: anglen

Heretat de anglès mitjà: angel

Heretat de anglès antic: angel

Cognat amb frisó occidental: angel

Cognat amb neerlandès: angel

Cognat amb alemany: Angel

Cognat amb islandès: öngull

Heretat de anglès antic: *anglian

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: ongelje

Cognat amb neerlandès: hengelen

Cognat amb alemany: angeln

In summary

From Middle English angle, angul, angule, borrowed from Middle French angle, from Latin angulus, anglus (“corner, remote area”). Cognate with Old High German ancha (“nape of the neck”), Middle High German anke (“joint of the foot, nape of neck”). Doublet of angulus.