Dihedral

What do we mean by dihedral?

Formed by or having two plane faces; two-sided. adjective

Relating to, having, or forming a dihedral angle. adjective

A dihedral angle. noun

A dihedral group. noun

The upward or downward inclination of an aircraft wing from true horizontal. noun

In geometry, a pair of consecutive faces of an angloid. noun

Having two sides, as a figure; having two plane faces, as a crystal.

Having two plane faces. adjective

Of a kite or an aëroplane, having wings that make with one another a dihedral angle, esp. when the angle between the upper sides is less than 180°. adjective

Of wing pairs, inclined at an upward angle to each other. adjective

The angular space contained between planes which intersect. It is measured by the angle made by any two lines at right angles to the two planes. adjective

An angle between two plane surfaces noun

The upward slope of an aircraft's wing noun

The angle between pairs of chemical bonds separated by a third bond noun

Consisting of, relating to or contained between two plane surfaces. adjective

An angle between two plane surfaces

The upward slope of an aircraft's wing

The angle between pairs of chemical bonds separated by a third bond

Words that are spelled similarly to dihedral:
dihedral, diedral, trihedral, hedral, anhedral, -hedral, dihedron, euhedral, dihedrals, diedra.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word dihedral:
sideslip, washout, inboard, quaternion, braced, spars, dodecahedron, spar, stagger, duralumin, outboard, tetrahedron, angles, tapered, faired, flaps, struts, tetrahedral, cyclic, symmetry, skinned, torsional, plywood, canard, taper, angle, slotted, torsion, airfoil, octahedral, yaw, fuselage, trailing, equilateral, ply, hexagon, isomer, isomorphic, polyhedron, gull, undercarriage, rudder, tips, bracing, chord, cos, hyperbolic, conformation, residue, strut, vertices, edges, reflections, abelian, diagonal, cantilever, polygon, subgroup, helix, span, orthogonal, outer, euclidean, sweep, hinged, wings, panels, reflection, triangles, wing, leaning, inverted, fabric, cockpit, peptide, spruce, symmetric, blunt, stability, finite, vertex, diagram, notation, generalized, swept, coupling, upward, backbone, mirrors, infinite, edged, fin, spiral, amino, fins, keel, horizontal, incidence, aft, balanced.

Words that rhyme with dihedral:
trihedral.

Adjectives that are often used to describe dihedral:
longitudinal, large, negative, effective, obvious, slight, positive, prominent, lateral, shallow, small, inverted, huge, steep, short, more, geometric, big, main, pronounced, clean, right, leaning, marked, adjacent, correct, considerable, overhanging, proper, moderate, vertical, convex, much, climb, upper, slanting, strong, left, easy, sharp, beautiful, equal, corresponding, less, excessive, straight, angling, crackless, double, thin, set, classic, wing, degree, enough, negligible, broken, shaped, cyclic, adjust, upward, tight, downward, variable, modified.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective dihedral:
angle, angles, burins, summits, burin, effect, symmetry, reflector, groups, restraints, constraints, wings, corner, reflectors, planes, platforms, edge, measurements, rotations, increases, gfeh, fummits, perpendiculars, fgel, wing, terminations, transitions, tailplane, rotation, dependence, fluctuations, axes, fig, bases, rotators, abcf, distributions, blades, cbad, gdhe, cod, dejete, subgroups.

Words that sound like dihedral:
dihedral, trihedral, diedral, anhedral, dodrill, dihydrate, dehydrate, deidre, doctoral, deidra, dreidl, diandra, diedre, deedra, dextral, diedra, diarrheal, dotterel, demirel, desyrel.