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Definition of Plane angle
1. Noun. An angle formed by two straight lines (in the same plane).
Definition of Plane angle
1. Noun. (geometry) An angle formed by two intersecting straight lines. ¹
2. Noun. (geometry) An angle formed by two intersecting planes, measured by the angle between two intersecting straight lines that are in respective planes and perpendicular to the intersection of the planes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plane Angle
Literary usage of Plane angle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements by Euclid, Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1908)
"This dihedral angle is an " angle " altogether different in kind from a plane
angle, as again it is different from a solid angle as defined by Euclid (ie a ..."
2. The Elements of Euclid: The Errors, by which Theon, Or Others, Have Long Ago by Robert Simson, Euclid (1838)
"Let the solid angle at A be applied to the solid angle at B; and, first, the
plane angle CAD being applied to the plane angle FBG, so as the point A may ..."
3. Plane and Solid Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1904)
"THE plane angle. 57. The opening between two straight lines drawn from the same
point is called a plane angle. The two lines, ED and EF, are called the ..."
4. Plane and Solid Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1899)
"THE plane angle. 57. The opening between two straight lines drawn from the same
point is called a plane angle. The two lines, ED and EF, are called the ..."
5. Plane Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1899)
"THE plane angle. 57. The opening between two straight lines drawn from the same
point is called a plane angle. The two lines, ED and EF, are called the ..."
6. Plane and Solid Geometry by Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith (1895)
"Dihedral angles formed by the planes M and N. Dihedral angle MN measured by plane
angle BOC. AO the edge of the dihedral angle. The two planes of a dihedral ..."
7. The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements by Euclid, Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1908)
"This dihedral angle is an " angle " altogether different in kind from a plane
angle, as again it is different from a solid angle as defined by Euclid (ie a ..."
8. The Elements of Euclid: The Errors, by which Theon, Or Others, Have Long Ago by Robert Simson, Euclid (1838)
"Let the solid angle at A be applied to the solid angle at B; and, first, the
plane angle CAD being applied to the plane angle FBG, so as the point A may ..."
9. Plane and Solid Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1904)
"THE plane angle. 57. The opening between two straight lines drawn from the same
point is called a plane angle. The two lines, ED and EF, are called the ..."
10. Plane and Solid Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1899)
"THE plane angle. 57. The opening between two straight lines drawn from the same
point is called a plane angle. The two lines, ED and EF, are called the ..."
11. Plane Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1899)
"THE plane angle. 57. The opening between two straight lines drawn from the same
point is called a plane angle. The two lines, ED and EF, are called the ..."
12. Plane and Solid Geometry by Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith (1895)
"Dihedral angles formed by the planes M and N. Dihedral angle MN measured by plane
angle BOC. AO the edge of the dihedral angle. The two planes of a dihedral ..."
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