Definition of Angle

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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.

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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

What's the best angle to cut someone's throat? Well, usually from behind. That's usually how it works.
Nikki Sixx

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

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
Lord Chesterfield

As long as you do the best work that you can and not make it bland... because you're going down a lane that is trying to make everybody happy. You have to take an angle on these things.
Gerard Butler

Now we have to hit them from a different angle.
Shawn Wayans

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

This city can be kind of brutal, so you see your dreams from every different angle, but ultimately it's about acting and if you enjoy acting, you will always enjoy acting.
Radha Mitchell

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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