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
The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them.
Ella Maillart
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
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
Lord Chesterfield
Of course, the whole Andy Kaufman angle was classic. I'm real proud of that. I mean that is something people are still talking about 20 years later, making movies about and that sort of thing. I mean not a day goes by that someone doesn't mention Andy Kaufman to me.
Jerry Lawler
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
From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public opinion upon the purity of critical judgment.
Johan Huizinga
Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the kids I went to school with. I only got into it in my late teens, so when Marilyn Manson formed, it was at a time when I was still excited about approaching music from that angle.
Daisy Berkowitz
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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