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vertical angle

American  

noun

Geometry.
  1. one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.


Etymology

Origin of vertical angle

First recorded in 1565–75

Example Sentences

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Video captured by a local mining company showed the plane hurtling nose first toward the ground at an almost vertical angle.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022

The 61-year-old limo driver converted a mobile home into a ramp and modified it to launch from a vertical angle so he wouldn't fall back to the ground on public land.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2018

The 61-year-old limo driver converted a mobile home into a ramp and modified it to launch from a vertical angle so he wouldn’t fall back to the ground on public land.

From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2018

He was diving at a near vertical angle.

From Time Magazine Archive

This makes each base angle 72° and the vertical angle 36°, the latter being the central angle of a regular decagon,—essentially our present method.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene