Angle (n.) The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet |
Angle (n.) The figure made by. two lines which meet. |
Angle (n.) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. |
Angle (n.) A projecting or sharp corner |
Angle (n.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." |
Angle (n.) A fishhook |
Angle (v. i.) To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line. |
Angle (v. i.) To use some bait or artifice |
Angle (v. t.) To try to gain by some insinuating artifice |
Bessemer steel () Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal |
Bulb (n.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid. |
Bulb (n.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots |
Bulb (n.) An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. |
Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb |
Cast steel () See Cast steel, under Steel. |
Pseudo-bulb (n.) An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants. |
Steel (n.) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon. |
Steel (n.) An instrument or implement made of steel |
Steel (n.) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. |
Steel (n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives. |
Steel (n.) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint. |
Steel (n.) Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness |
Steel (n.) A chalybeate medicine. |
Steel (n.) To overlay, point, or edge with steel |
Steel (n.) To make hard or strong |
Steel (n.) Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities. |
Steel (n.) To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel. |
steel engraving | the act of engraving on a steel plate |
high-angle fire | fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range |
angle bracket angle iron | an L-shaped metal bracket |
bulb | a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end), the bulb of a syringe |
dry-bulb thermometer | an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb, used to measure the air temperature |
flash photoflash flash lamp flashgun flashbulb flash bulb | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph |
Hawaiian guitar steel guitar | guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect |
high-angle gun | a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges |
light bulb lightbulb bulb incandescent lamp electric light electric-light bulb | electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity |
steel | knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod |
steel arch bridge | a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch |
steel drum | a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum, has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin) |
steel engraving | engraving on a steel plate |
steel engraving | an impression taken from an engraved steel plate |
steel mill steelworks steel plant steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
steel plate | a plate of steel |
steel trap | a trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the prey |
steel-wool pad | abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing |
sword blade brand steel | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
wet-bulb thermometer | a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin, used in a psychrometer to measure humidity |
wide-angle lens fisheye lens | a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length), produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery |
steel blue | a greyish blue color |
camera angle | the point of view of a camera |
bulb | a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ |
bulbar conjunctiva conjunctival layer of bulb tunica conjunctiva bulbi | the part of the conjunctiva covering the anterior face of the sclera and the surface epithelium of the cornea |
artery of the penis bulb arteria bulbi penis | a branch of the internal pudendal artery of males that supplies the bulb of the penis |
artery of the vestibule bulb arteria bulbi vestibuli | a branch of the internal pudendal artery in females that supplies the bulb of the vestibule |
olfactory bulb | one of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities |
medulla oblongata medulla bulb | lower or hindmost part of the brain, continuous with spinal cord, (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata), the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning |
steel trap | an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps), he's as sharp as a steel trap, a mind like a steel trap |
slant angle | a biased way of looking at or presenting something |
bracket angle bracket | either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material |
steel company | a company that makes and sells steel |
steel industry | the industry that makes steel and steel products |
steel band | a band that plays instruments made from the heads of oil drums (Caribbean Islands) |
hour angle | the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body |
Angle | a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons |
bulb | a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure |
steel production | making steel from pig iron |
straight angle | an angle ofdegrees |
bulb | anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop |
helix angle | the constant angle at which a helix cuts the elements of a cylinder or cone |
angle | the space between two lines or planes that intersect, the inclination of one line to another, measured in degrees or radians |
hour angle HA | (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing, the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day |
plane angle | an angle formed by two straight lines (in the same plane) |
spherical angle | an angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles |
solid angle | an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting at a common point (the vertex) |
inclination angle of inclination | (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis) |
reentrant angle reentering angle | an interior angle of a polygon that is greater thandegrees |
salient angle | an angle pointing outward, an interior angle of a polygon that is less thandegrees |