angle

«angle» in Mova's school dictionary: the space or turn between two lines that meet at a point… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an angle, angles); verb (angle, angles, angled, angling)

meaning for a pupil

1) An angle is the space or turn between two lines that meet at a point; it is measured in degrees. tree →

2) An angle is a corner, or the direction from which you look at something: «from this angle». tree →

3) An angle is a way of thinking about a problem or story: «Look at it from a different angle.» tree →

4) To angle something is to point it slightly sideways; to angle is also to fish with a rod and line. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, angles are measured with a protractor: a right angle is 90°, an acute angle is less than 90°, an obtuse angle is between 90° and 180°, a straight angle is 180°, and a full turn is 360°. Angles in a triangle add up to 180°, and in a four-sided shape to 360°. In everyday life you angle a mirror or a lamp; in sport you angle a shot. Phrases: «right angle», «at an angle», «from every angle», «angle for» (try to get something without asking directly).

examples

• A square has four right angles. tree →
• Measure the angle with a protractor. tree →
• The angles in a triangle add up to 180 degrees. tree →
• An acute angle is smaller than a right angle. tree →
• The picture is hanging at an angle. tree →
• From this angle the house looks huge. tree →
• Try looking at the problem from another angle. tree →
• He angled the mirror so he could see the road. tree →
• Not long afterwards the two sisters went to angle in the brook, meaning to catch fish for dinner. tree →

note

Countable. Do not mix with «angel» (a spirit with wings): angLE vs angEL. Maths traps: the size of an angle does not depend on how long its lines (arms) are; 90° is a quarter turn. Angles on a straight line add to 180°; angles around a point add to 360°.

In the corpora

• Stage and film fights are faked by trained people, using careful tricks and camera angles, so that nobody gets hurt.
• Videos can be edited and filmed from one angle, so seeing something on a screen does not prove it is real.
• Waves hitting a beach at an angle move sand along the coast, a process called longshore drift.
• Anger and adrenaline make people feel sure they are right, and fans far from the play see from one angle.
• A bad photo is one strange moment from one angle, not what you really look like.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «angle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.