ANGLE OF INCLINATION

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Meaning:

(geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)

Synonyms:

angle of inclination; inclination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("angle of inclination" is a kind of...):

angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)

Domain category:

geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)