Definition of angles

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Angles (n. pl.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc..

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Tetractinellida :: Tetractinellida (n. pl.) A division of Spongiae in which the spicules are siliceous and have four branches diverging at right angles. Called also Tetractinellinae.
Hastated :: Hastated (n.) Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf..
Heptagon :: Heptagon (n.) A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.
Decussative :: Decussative (a.) Intersecting at acute angles.
Quinquangular :: Quinquangular (a.) Having five angles or corners.
Square :: Square (n.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards..
Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1..
Quinqueangled :: Quinqueangled (a.) Having five angles; quinquangular.
Orthocenter :: Orthocenter (n.) That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the sides produced, mutually intersect..
Perpendicular :: Perpendicular (n.) A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction.
Triangled :: Triangled (a.) Having three angles; triangular.
Octant :: Octant (n.) An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9O¡, but being itself the eighth part of a circle. Cf. Sextant..
Triangular :: Triangular (a.) Having three angles; having the form of a triangle.
Quadrangle :: Quadrangle (n.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles..
Pentagonally :: Pentagonally (adv.) In the form of a pentagon; with five angles.
Undecagon :: Undecagon (n.) A figure having eleven angles and eleven sides.
Rake :: Rake (n.) An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth..
Square :: Square (a.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure..
Acroterium :: Acroterium (n.) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture..
Collitigant :: Collitigant (n.) One who litigates or wrangles.
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