angle

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

ángulo

rincón

esquina

punto de vista

anzuelo

enfocar

pescar

pescar con caña

sector

presentación

uterino

aspecto

faceta

arista

vértice

borde

canto

fondo

orilla

ángulo interno

ladear

con

alterar

inclinar

inclinarse

prejuiciar

desviar

torcer

enfoque

sesgo

angular

punta

escorzo

pescar con anzuelo

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.