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Definition of Angle

Angle The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook. The figure made by. two lines which meet. The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line. To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise. To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. Related Definitions: Allure, An, And, Angle, Angular, Artifice, As, Astrological, Bait, By, Catching, Consisting, Corner, Difference, Direction, Figure, Fish, Fishhook, For, Four, Fragment, Gain, Given, Hook, Houses, In, Inclosed, Insinuating, Intrigue, Is, Line, Made, Meet, Meeting, Name, Near, Nook, Of, Or, Point, Praise, Projecting, Rod, Scheme, Sharp, Some, Space, Tackle, The, To, Try, Twelve, Two, Use, Vertex, Where, Which, With, Without

Angle Quotations To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science. Albert Einstein If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own. Henry Ford To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood. George Santayana But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian worth his salt, and this is where I fault Stephen Ambrose and a lot of these guys who attack me - not all of life is a result of conspiracy by any means! Accident occurs alongside conspiracy. Oliver Stone It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle. Andre Gide

Angle Translations angle in Danish is vinkel angle in Dutch is hoek angle in French is encoignure, angle angle in German is Winkel, Kante, Winkel, angeln angle in Swedish is meta, vinkel

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