Angle vs Octagonal - What's the difference?
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As a noun angle is ( senseid)(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) or angle can be a fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. As a verb angle is (often in the passive) to place (something) at an angle or angle can be to try to catch fish with a hook and line. As a adjective octagonal is (geometry) shaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles.
angle English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) angle, from (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
(senseid)(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).
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(senseid)(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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A corner where two walls intersect.
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A change in direction.
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(senseid) A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
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* 2005 , Adams Media, Adams Job Interview Almanac (page 299)
- 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."
(media) The focus of a news story.
(slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
(slang) A scheme; a means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, possibly illegal.
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A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
* Dryden
- though but an angle reached him of the stone
(astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
Synonyms
* (corner) corner
* (change in direction) swerve
* (vertex) -gon (as per hexagon)
* (viewpoint) opinion, perspective, point of view, slant, view, viewpoint
Derived terms
* acute angle
* acute-angled
* angle quote
* angle bracket
* central angle
* complementary angle
* dihedral angle
* exterior angle
* interior angle
* oblique angle
* obtuse-angled
* opposite angle
* pentangle
* plane angle
* play the angles
* quadrangle
* rectangle
* right angle
* round angle
* solid angle
* straight angle
* supplementary angle
* triangle
* vertical angle
Related terms
* angular
* angulate
* angulation
See also
* arcminute
* arcsecond
* degree
* gradian
* radian
Verb
( angl)
(often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
- The roof is angled at 15 degrees.
(informal) To change direction rapidly.
- The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.
(informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
- How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?
(snooker) To leave 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.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Verb
( angl)
To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
(informal) (with for ) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
- He must be angling for a pay rise.
Derived terms
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Noun
( en noun)
A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
* Shakespeare
- Give me mine angle : we'll to the river there.
* Alexander Pope
- A fisher next his trembling angle bears.
Anagrams
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octagonal English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)
Adjective
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(geometry) Shaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles.
See also
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