acute angle

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An acute angle is an angle smaller than a square corner. Measure the acute angle, an acute angle at the top, three acute angles.

It is under ninety degrees, and a triangle can have three of them while it can never have two of anything larger. The acute in it is the Latin for sharp, which is exactly what such a corner looks like.

Definitions of acute angle

1nounacute angleAn angle smaller than a square corner.B2
“The attic roof slopes down to meet the floor at an acute angle, so you can't stand near the edges.”

acute angle is an angle.

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acute angle

nounB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

An acute angle is an angle smaller than a square corner. Measure the acute angle, an acute angle at the top, three acute angles.

Definitions of acute angle

1nounacute angleAn angle smaller than a square corner.B2
“The attic roof slopes down to meet the floor at an acute angle, so you can't stand near the edges.”

acute angle is an angle.

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