diple

Phonetic: "/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).

Example: the angle between lines A and B

Definition: 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.

Example: The angle between lines A and B is π/4 radians, or 45 degrees.

Definition: A corner where two walls intersect.

Example: an angle of a building

Definition: A change in direction.

Example: The horse took off at an angle.

Definition: A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.

Definition: The focus of a news story.

Definition: Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

Definition: A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.

Definition: An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral

Example: His angle is that he gets a percentage, but mostly in trade.

Definition: A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

Definition: Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.

Phonetic: "/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: (often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.

Example: The roof is angled at 15 degrees.

Definition: To change direction rapidly.

Example: The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.

Definition: To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.

Example: How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?

Definition: (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.

Phonetic: "/ˈbɹækɪt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

Definition: Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.

Definition: A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.

Definition: The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.

Definition: Any of the characters "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "<" and ">", used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.

Definition: A printed diagram of games in a tournament.

Definition: A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.

Definition: One of several ranges of numbers.

Example: tax bracket, age bracket

Definition: A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.

Definition: In artillery, the endangered region between two shell impacts (one long and one short). The next shell fired is likely to hit accurately.

Definition: The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.

Definition: (land surveying, 19th century) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.

Phonetic: "/ˈbɹækɪt/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To support by means of mechanical brackets.

Definition: To enclose in typographical brackets.

Definition: To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.

Example: I tried to hit the bullseye by first bracketing it with two shots and then splitting the difference with my third, but I missed.

Definition: To place in the same category.

Example: Because the didn't have enough young boys for two full teams, they bracketed the seven-year olds with the eight-year olds.

Definition: To mark distinctly for special treatment.

Definition: To set aside, discount, ignore.

Definition: To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.

Definition: (phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.