Angles

Word ANGLES
Character 6
Hyphenation an gles
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Angles"

What do we mean by angles?

A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).

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.

A corner where two walls intersect.

A change in direction.

A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.

The focus of a news story.

Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.

An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral

A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.

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The word "angles" in example sentences

Page 246 cities, thermal rays which part at certain angles from the surface impinge against walls, the sides of houses, porticoes and piazzas, and after several reflections are, in great part, returned to the earth. ❋ S.C. (1861)

Well heres my thoughts I like the combat system and all that seems cool but seriosly the person who decided on the camera angles is a Fking Retard I mean REALLY the camera is so bad because me personally the camera angle makes me feel disey and sick and it RUINS the game. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Again, the motivation of camera angles is always worth discussion, and you can get onto those unmotivated angles that confound and confuse in horror films etc. ❋ Unknown (2006)

What I find so ridiculous about this stuff, out of the many ridiculous angles, is that to the extent you want to get all David Brooks with your idiot-self and carve up people into categories by cultural consumption, politics has nothing to do with it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The whole thing -- and this is something I'll have to ruminate on for some time if I'm to fully comprehend it -- when I look at it from certain angles seems way too convoluted to seem plausible. ❋ Unknown (2010)

HyperlinKING approved lol very true, coming at things from different perspectives and angles is never a bad thing! ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's all very "Top Gun," this cropped-sheepskin-flying-jacket business; but as so often is the case, an iconic item worn by regular mortals like you and I suddenly becomes, well, just another expensive coat that from certain angles can add far more "bulk" than you might ordinarily consider acceptable. ❋ Tina Gaudoin (2010)

Being able to examine ideas from different angles is one of the key things I feel I lose by not writing short stories. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Brando's arrival on set unprepared and overweight, necessitating his being shot only from certain angles in dim lighting, has now been incorporated into film-making legend, described in George Hickenlooper and Fax Bahr's documentary Hearts of Darkness: AFilm-maker's Apocalypse. ❋ Anne Billson (2010)

Sticking out of the side of my head at right angles is this grey wire, screaming "MAD SCIENTIST!" ❋ Cavalaxis (2009)

This eye-catching residence designed by Fiona Winzar Architects is both an interesting study in angles and in eco-friendly building techniques. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And, halfway to the crosstrees and flattened against the rigging by the full force of the wind so that it would have been impossible for me to have fallen, the Ghost almost on her beam-ends and the masts parallel with the water, I looked, not down, but at almost right angles from the perpendicular, to the deck of the Ghost. ❋ Unknown (2010)

(And, and this is not a complaint against the film, but I was constantly thinking that the man who played Night Owl looked like Chevy Chase, from certain angles). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Never thought variation in angles at a considerable altitude would produce stunning perspectives to the shots. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"I'm down thirty-seven pounds from last week!" she chirps, turns sideways to show me how she disappears entirely when viewed from certain angles, and jumps through a straw for kicks on the way out the door. ❋ Unknown (2005)

His above average range and ability to take proper pursuit angles is evident when working in space. ❋ Unknown (2005)

On television replays, multiple camera angles from the near side and one from behind and above the end zone seemed inconclusive. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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