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acute angle

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acute angle
n.
An angle of less than 90°.
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acute angle
acute angle
An angle whose measure is between 0° and 90°. Compare obtuse angle.
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acute angle
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Noun1.acute angleacute angle - an angle less than 90 degrees but more than 0 degrees
oblique angle - an angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle


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The city forms an immense triangle marked out upon a vast plain of white sand, its acute angle directed toward the north and piercing a corner of the desert.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
The air is an unstable medium at best, and quite without warning, at an acute angle, he entered an aerial tide which he recognized as the gulf stream of wind that poured through the drafty-mouthed Golden Gate.
The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context
On the opposite wall near the acute angle stood a small plain wooden chest of drawers looking, as it were, lost in a desert.
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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