" angles "

[Noun]  | "an*gle" | \ ˈaŋ-gəl \

1: a corner whether constituting a projecting part or a partially enclosed space

2: the figure formed by two lines extending from the same point; also : dihedral angle

3: a measure of an angle or of the amount of turning necessary to bring one line or plane into coincidence with or parallel to another

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English, "corner, recess, two lines extending from the same point," borrowed from Anglo-French angle, aungle, going back to Latin angulus "two lines extending from the same point, corner, nook," going back to Indo-European *h2eng-lo-,*h2eng-elo-, whence also Old Church Slavic ǫgŭlŭ "corner, angle," Russian úgol, genitive uglá, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian ȕgao, ȕgla, Armenian ankiwn, and perhaps Germanic *ankula-, *ankila- {see: |ankle|ankle};

[Noun]  | "An*gle" | \ ˈaŋ-gəl \

1: a member of a Germanic people that invaded England along with the Saxons and Jutes in the fifth century a.d. and merged with them to form the Anglo-Saxon peoples

Origin: 14th century ;

 Latin Angli, plural, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English Engle Angles;

[Noun]  | "complementary angles" 

1: two angles that add up to 90 degrees

[Noun]  | "alternate angle" 

1: one of a pair of angles with different vertices and on opposite sides of a transversal at its intersection with two other lines:

2: one of a pair of angles inside the two intersected lines —called also alternate interior angle

3: one of a pair of angles outside the two intersected lines —called also alternate exterior angle

Origin: 1570 ;

[Noun]  | "base angle" 

1: either of the angles of a triangle that have one side in common with the base

Origin: circa 1848 ;

[Noun]  | "central angle" 

1: an angle formed by two radii of a circle

Origin: 1766 ;

[Noun]  | "critical angle" 

1: the least angle of incidence at which total reflection takes place

Origin: 1829 ;

[Verb]  | "angle" 

1: to turn or proceed at an angle

2: to turn, move, or direct at an angle

3: to present (something, such as a news story) from a particular or prejudiced point of view : slant

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English anglen "to meet at an angle," derivative of angle {see: |angle:1|angle:1};

[Verb]  | "angle" 

1: to fish with a hook

2: to use artful means to attain an objective

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English anglen, derivative of angel "fishhook," going back to Old English angel, ongel, going back to Germanic *angula- "hook, barb" (whence also Old Saxon angul "fishhook," Old High German, "hook, barb," Old Norse ǫngull "fishhook"), going back to Indo-European *h2enk-ul-ó-, derivative, perhaps diminutive, of a base *h2enk- see:n also in the n-stem noun *h2enk-ón- (whence Old English anga "prick, goad," Old High German ango "sting, barb, door hinge," Greek ankṓn "bend, elbow"), suffixed in Greek ankýlos "bent, crooked, curved," and as an o-grade derivative in Greek ónkos "barb of an arrow," Latin uncus "curved at the extremities, hooked, a hook," and probably Sanskrit aṅkáḥ "curve, hook"; *h2enk- perhaps attested as a primary verb in Sanskrit áñcati, ácati "(it) bends, curves";

  * Note : Indo-European *h2enk- appears to be synonymous with the base *h2eng- —see: {angle:1|angle:1}, {ankle|ankle}.;

[Plural noun]  | "corresponding angles" 

1: any pair of angles each of which is on the same side of one of two lines cut by a transversal and on the same side of the transversal

Origin: 1784 ;

[Noun]  | "angles" 

[Noun]  | "angle" 

[Verb]  | "angles" 

[Verb]  | "angle" 

[Verb]  | "angles (for)"