angle

IPA: ˈæŋgʌɫ

(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
(geometry) 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.
A corner where two walls intersect.
A change in direction.
A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
(media) The focus of a news story.
Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
(slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
(slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
(astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
(historical) A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian.

(transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
(intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
(transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
(transitive, 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.
(intransitive, figurative) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
(informal, with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.

Examples of "angle" in Sentences

Only the stuff with a potentially diabolical angle is interesting?
I'll write about "shooting blind" sometime soon to explain how this angle is accomplished.
And also the one below it, there are barely any more ships like that still around and the camera angle is a little difficult.
Because the next most important angle to the right angle is the two-thirds of a right angle; that is, the angle of an equilateral triangle.
Larger, heavier bullets buck wind better and they make up for an unforseen slight change in angle that makes that perfect shot an imperfect one.
The angle which marks the limit beyond which total reflection takes place is called the _limiting angle_ (it is marked in fig. 6 by the strong line E _n_ '').
This new main angle appears to be from my old seat in the East Lower, next to a bloke who swore like a trooper, had questionable politics and a faint whiff of onions.
We agree to the statement that 'each object has a particular reflecting surface of its own,' as we cannot see how _its_ particular surface could be the property of another, -- but why this should make the surface 'throw back light at its own angle' we do not exactly fathom, and we are puzzled to know _which is the owner of the said angle_, the light or the surface.