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Obtuse angle   /ɑbtˈus ˈæŋgəl/   Listen
noun
Angle  n.  
1.
The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook. "Into the utmost angle of the world." "To search the tenderest angles of the heart."
2.
(Geom.)
(a)
The figure made by. two lines which meet.
(b)
The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
3.
A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. "Though but an angle reached him of the stone."
4.
(Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." (Obs.)
5.
A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. "Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there." "A fisher next his trembling angle bears."
Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 90°.
Adjacent angles or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to both angles.
Alternate angles. See Alternate.
Angle bar.
(a)
(Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet.
(b)
(Mach.) Same as Angle iron.
Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall.
Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together.
Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted.
Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle.
Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata.
Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both.
Curvilineal angle, one formed by two curved lines.
External angles, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened.
Facial angle. See under Facial.
Internal angles, those which are within any right-lined figure.
Mixtilineal angle, one formed by a right line with a curved line.
Oblique angle, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle.
Obtuse angle, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90°.
Optic angle. See under Optic.
Rectilineal angle or Right-lined angle, one formed by two right lines.
Right angle, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90° (measured by a quarter circle).
Solid angle, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point.
Spherical angle, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere.
Visual angle, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye.
For Angles of commutation, Angles of draught, Angles of incidence, Angles of reflection, Angles of refraction, Angles of position, Angles of repose, Angles of fraction, see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.






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"Obtuse angle" Quotes from Famous Books



... you ready? (Crampton, who has lost his grip of the chair in his alarm at its sudden ascent, folds his arms: sits stiffly upright: and prepares for the worst. Valentine lets down the back of the chair to an obtuse angle.) ...
— You Never Can Tell • [George] Bernard Shaw

... the maximum repulsion on Jupiter as long as possible, and moved at tremendous speed. Saturn was somewhat in advance of Jupiter in its orbit, so that their course from the earth had been along two sides of a triangle with an obtuse angle between. During the next four terrestrial days they sighted several small comets, but spent most of their time writing out their Jovian experiences. During the sixth day Saturn's rings, although not as much ...
— A Journey in Other Worlds - A Romance of the Future • John Jacob Astor

... delinquent blushed and hung her head, stammering a faint excuse for her slighted task, he said nothing, but slowly lifting up the lid of his desk, he placed his black ruler in a perpendicular position, letting the lid rest upon it, forming an obtuse angle with the desk. Then he piled the books in the back part, leaving a cavity in front, which looked something like a bower in a greenwood, for it was lined with baize ...
— Helen and Arthur - or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel • Caroline Lee Hentz

... manliness of character, if at least the minor departments of traffic were resigned to the weaker sex, among ourselves. Crossing a small river, we came to another, and by far the best section, of the town. There are long, wide streets, two of which, meeting at an obtuse angle, form together an extent of nearly a mile. A double row of trees throw their shade over the central walk of this Alameda. At intervals are seated groups of women-traders. The wares of some are deposited upon the ground, ...
— Journal of an African Cruiser • Horatio Bridge



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