Definition of Angles

1. 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.

Definition of Angles

1. Noun. (plural of Angle) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of angle) ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of angle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Angles

1. angle [v] - See also: angle

Medical Definition of Angles

1. 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. Origin: L. Angli. See Anglican. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Angles

angled
angled loofah
angledozer
angledozers
angleless
anglemeter
anglemeters
anglepod
anglepods
angler
angler fish
angler fishes
anglerfish
anglerfishes
anglers
angles (current term)
angles of attack
angles of incidence
angles of reflection
angles of refraction
anglesite
anglesites
anglewing
anglewise
anglewitch
anglewitches
angleworm
angleworms
anglice
anglicise

Literary usage of Angles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1893)
"The papers on which the angles were to be reproduced by the subject were placed ... For convenience all acute angles were formed on the left hand side and ..."

2. Pelicotetics, Or, The Science of Quantity: Or, The Science of Quantity. An by Archibald Sandeman (1868)
"Moreover the triangles AZF BZF have the two sides ZA AF equal severally to the two sides ZB BF and the right angles ZAP ZBF equal therefore the bases are ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1892)
"This is the axiom of parallel-*, which reads as follows : — " If a straight line meet two straight lines so as to make the two interior angles on the same ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"Tables of Crystal angles Goldschmidt, continuing his valuable work on the use of the goniometer with two circles, has published a table 1 of angles for the ..."

5. The Philosophical Magazine (1830)
"If all this is considered as established, it is manifestly an easy step to the demonstration that if the equal angles at the base of the quadrilateral ..."

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