angle

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Такође погледајте: Angle, anglè, anglė, и -angle

Енглески

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ăng'gəl, МФА(кључ): /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/
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  • Риме: -æŋɡəl

Etymology 1

From Средњи Енглески angle, angul, angule, borrowed from Средњи Француски angle, from Латински angulus (corner, remote area), from Пра-Индо-Европски *h₂engulos < *h₂eng- (corner, hirn). Cognate with Old High German ancha (nape of the neck), Middle High German anke (joint of the foot, nape of neck). Дублети of angulus.

Noun

Diagram of an angle

angle (plural angles)

  1. (geometry) 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 angle between lines A and B
  2. (geometry) 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.
    The angle between lines A and B is π/4 radians, or 45 degrees.
    • 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:
      The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
  3. A corner where two walls intersect.
    an angle of a building
  4. A change in direction.
    The horse took off at an angle.
  5. A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
    • 2013 јануар 1, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, strana 64:
      In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.”
    • 2005, Adams Media, Adams Job Interview Almanac (page 299)
      For example, if I was trying to repitch an idea to a producer who had already turned it down, I would say something like, "I remember you said you didn't like my idea because there was no women's angle. Well, here's a great one that both of us must have missed during our first conversation."
  6. (media) The focus of a news story.
  7. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
  8. (slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
  9. (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
    His angle is that he gets a percentage, but mostly in trade.
  10. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
  11. (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
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Verb

angle (third-person singular simple present angles, present participle angleing, simple past and past participle angleed)

  1. (transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
    The roof is angled at 15 degrees.
  2. (intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
    The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.
  3. (transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
    How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?
  4. (transitive, cue sports) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
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Etymology 2

From Средњи Енглески anglen (to fish), from Средњи Енглески angel (fishhook), from Стари Енглески angol (fishhook), from Proto-Germanic *angulaz. Cognate with West Frisian angel (fishing rod, stinger), Холандски angel (fishhook), Немачки Angel (fishing pole), Немачки angeln (to fish, angle), Исландски öngull (fishhook).

Verb

angle (third-person singular simple present angles, present participle angleing, simple past and past participle angleed)

  1. (intransitive, figuratively) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
    • 1961 May, Mark B. Warburton, “Yatton and its branches to Clevedon and Wells”, in Trains Illustrated, strana 276:
      Both the Somerset Central and the Bristol & Exeter were angling for the Cheddar and Wells traffic and on March 15, 1859, the S.C.R. extended its broad-gauge Highbridge-Glastonbury line for another 5¼ miles to Wells.
  2. (informal, with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
    He must be angling for a pay rise.
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Translations

Noun

angle (plural angles)

  1. A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Латински angulus, from Пра-Индо-Европски *h₂engulos (joint?).

Noun

angle m (plural angles)

  1. (geometry) angle (figure formed by two rays which start from a common point)
  2. angle (a corner where two walls intersect)
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Etymology 2

Adjective

angle (masculine and feminine plural angles)

  1. Anglian (of or pertaining to the Angles)

Noun

angle m or f (plural angles)

  1. Angle (member of a Germanic tribe)
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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adverb

angle

  1. in the English language
  2. in the manner of an English person

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Француски

Etymology

From Средњи Француски angle, from Стари Француски angle, from Латински angulus, from Пра-Индо-Европски *h₂engulos (joint?), from *h₂eng-, *ang- (corner, hirn).

Pronunciation

  • МФА(кључ): /ɑ̃ɡl/
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Noun

angle m (plural angles)

  1. (geometry) a geometric angle
    La mesure d'un angle droit est égale à 90 degrés.
    The measure of a right angle is equal to 90 degrees.
  2. a location at the corner of something, such as streets, buildings, furniture etc.
    Синоним: coin
  3. a viewpoint or angle

Usage notes

  • Inside a room, the word coin (corner) is more usual.

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Немачки

Pronunciation

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Verb

angle

  1. inflection од angeln:
    1. прво лице једнине презента
    2. једнине императива
    3. прво лице/треће лице једнине subjunctive I

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From Француски anglais (English).

Noun

angle

  1. English language

Италијански

Pronunciation

Adjective

angle f pl

  1. женског рода множине од anglo

Noun

angle f

  1. множине од angla

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Француски anglais

Noun

angle

  1. English language

Adjective

angle

  1. English

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Рани Латински angelus, from Антички Грчки ἄγγελος (ángelos).

Noun

angle m (oblique plural angles, nominative singular angles, nominative plural angle)

  1. angel (biblical being)

Descendants

  • Средњи Француски: ange, angele, aingle, engle, angle, angre
  • Picard: anche
  • Walloon: andje
  • Средњи Енглески: aungel

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare Немачки angeln, Енглески angle.

Verb

angle

  1. to fish, angle