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across so as to pass over at an angle; in or to a crosswise position. [1/6 definitions]
angle1 to move, bend, or adjust at an angle. [2/10 definitions]
angle iron a piece of rolled iron or steel in the form of a right angle along its lengthwise dimension, used in construction for joining parts or as support.
angle of incidence the angle that the line of movement of a body or of radiation, meeting a surface, makes with a line that is at right angles to the surface at the point of meeting.
angle of repose the greatest angle of incline at which sand, stones, soil, or the like will not slide or roll downhill.
arris in architecture, the edge, ridge, or line made when two surfaces meet at an angle, as in a molding.
askew out of line; at an angle. [1/2 definitions]
axil the upper angle between a leaf, flower, twig, or the like, and the stem or branch from which it grows.
azimuth in gunnery or surveying, the angle of sideways divergence from a standard path or direction, as of a bomb or shell. [1/2 definitions]
bevel the angle, other than a right angle, at which one line or surface intersects another. [3 definitions]
bevel gear a gear with teeth angled or beveled so that it meshes with another gear whose shaft is at an angle of less than 180 degrees to its own shaft.
canthus the angle formed at either side of the eye at the juncture of the upper and lower eyelids.
clinometer an instrument used to measure the angle of an incline.
complement in geometry, the difference between a right angle and a given angle that is less than ninety degrees. [1/7 definitions]
corner the place where two lines or surfaces meet to form an angle. [1/10 definitions]
cosecant in trigonometry, the secant of the complement or the reciprocal of the sine of a given angle or arc.
cotangent in trigonometry, the ratio between the side adjacent to a given acute angle in a right triangle and the opposite side.
cowlick a small, protruding section of hair that grows in a whorl or at a different angle than the rest.
crash-dive to rapidly dive, or cause a submarine to dive, at a steep angle.
crosscurrent a current, as in a river, that moves at an angle to the main current. [1/2 definitions]
crosswind a wind blowing at an angle across the path of an airplane, ship, or the like.