absolute space | physical space independent of what occupies it |
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 |
high-angle gun | a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges |
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 |
absolute temperature | temperature measured on the absolute scale |
absolute zero | (cryogenics) the lowest temperature theoretically attainable (at which the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules is minimal), Kelvin or -. centigrade or -. Fahrenheit |
camera angle | the point of view of a camera |
absolute magnitude | (astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance ofparsecs (. light years) from the earth |
absolute ceiling | the maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flight |
absolute pitch perfect pitch | the ability to identify the pitch of a tone |
absolute threshold | the lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect |
absolute | something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things, something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control, something that is not relative, no mortal being can influence the absolute |
slant angle | a biased way of looking at or presenting something |
ablative absolute | a constituent in Latin grammar, a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier |
bracket angle bracket | either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material |
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 |
majority absolute majority | (elections) more than half of the votes |
absolute value numerical value | a real number regardless of its sign |
coefficient of viscosity absolute viscosity dynamic viscosity | a measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force |
frequency absolute frequency | the number of observations in a given statistical category |
straight angle | an angle ofdegrees |
barye bar absolute microbar | the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter |
Kelvin scale absolute scale | a temperature scale that defines absolute zero as degrees, water freezes at . degrees and boils at . degrees |
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 |
interior angle internal angle | the angle inside two adjacent sides of a polygon |
exterior angle external angle | the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon |
angle of incidence incidence angle | the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence |
angle of attack | the acute angle between the direction of the undisturbed relative wind and the chord of an airfoil |
critical angle | the smallest angle of incidence for which light is totally reflected |
angle of reflection | the angle between a reflected ray and a line perpendicular to the reflecting surface at the point of incidence |
angle of refraction | the angle between a refracted ray and a line perpendicular to the surface between the two media at the point of refraction |
angle of extinction extinction angle | the angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light |
acute angle | an angle less thandegrees but more than degrees |
obtuse angle | an angle betweenanddegrees |
right angle | thedegree angle between two perpendicular lines |
oblique angle | an angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle |
reflex angle | an angle greater thandegrees (but less than ) |
perigon round angle | an angle ofdegrees |
cutting angle | the angle between the face of a cutting tool and the surface of the work |
dip angle of dip magnetic dip magnetic inclination inclination | (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon |