Definition of Acute angle

1. Noun. An angle less than 90 degrees but more than 0 degrees.

Generic synonyms: Oblique Angle

Medical Definition of Acute angle

1. Any angle less than 90°. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acute Angle

acutangular
acute
acute-angled
acute-angled triangle
acute-angled triangles
acute-phase protein
acute-phase reaction
acute African sleeping sickness
acute abdomen
acute abscess
acute accent
acute accents
acute adrenal crisis
acute adrenocortical insufficiency
acute alcoholism
acute angle (current term)
acute angle closure glaucoma
acute anterior poliomyelitis
acute ascending paralysis
acute ataxia
acute atrophic paralysis
acute bacterial endocarditis
acute brachial radiculitis
acute brain disorder
acute brain syndrome
acute bulbar poliomyelitis
acute catarrhal conjunctivitis
acute cellular rejection

Literary usage of Acute angle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry by Arthur Graham Hall, Fred Goodrich Frink (1910)
"CHAPTER II THE acute angle 5. Purpose of trigonometry. ... Suppose the acute angle A OB ( = «) to be placed on a system of axes of coordinates with its ..."

2. Plane Trigonometry and Tables by George Albert Wentworth (1902)
"If an acute angle is added to or subtracted from 180° or 360°, the functions of the resulting angle are equal in absolute value to the like-named functions ..."

3. Five-place Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables by George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill (1903)
"If an acute angle is added to or subtracted from 180° or 360°, the functions of the resulting angle are equal in absolute value to the like-named functions ..."

4. Plane Trigonometry with Practical Applications by Leonard Eugene Dickson (1922)
"Construct and measure an acute angle whose cosecant is equal to 9/8. ... Relations between the six trigonometric functions of an acute angle. ..."

5. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: And Four-place Tables of Logarithms by William Anthony Granville (1909)
"Let E AD be an angle less than 90°, that is, an acute angle. ... The six trigonometric functions of any acute angle, as A, are denoted as follows : sin Ay ..."

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