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Definition of Semiangle
1. n. The half of a given, or measuring, angle.
Definition of Semiangle
1. Noun. (geometry) an angle of half a given size ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Semiangle
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Medical Definition of Semiangle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Semiangle
Literary usage of Semiangle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"15) until they come intb the same straight line, the sine of the semiangle (90°)
then becoming unity. For, while an objective having an angle of ..."
2. A Treatise of Mechanics: Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive by Olinthus Gregory (1826)
"When KE is parallel to AB, the angle of inclination is the complement of the
semiangle of the wedge; and there- fore, the power is to the resistance, ..."
3. A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive by Olinthus Gregory (1815)
"When KE is perpendicular to AB, the angle of inclination is equal to the semiangle
of the wedge, and th« power is to the resistance in a duplicate ratio of ..."
4. Elements of Quaternions by William Rowan Hamilton (1901)
"... of which latter cone the semiangle is H, and the rectifying line \ is the axis
of revolution : being also a side of an osculating right cylinder, ..."
5. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1801)
"... to half the weight of the wedge, as radius is to the sine of the semiangle of
the wedge; which is precisely the property of the arch, substituting the ..."
6. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1881)
"(1) Within a cone of semiangle 61—/30 surrounding the positive pole, the axes of
the molecules remain in their primitive positions. ..."
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