angle of depression

noun phrase

: the angle formed by the line of sight and the horizontal plane for an object below the horizontal

Word History

First Known Use

1758, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for angle of depression

• immunosuppression
• myelosuppression
• accession
• aggression
• compression
• concession
• confession
• digression
• discretion
• expression
• impression
• obsession

Medical Definition

angle of depression

noun

: the angle formed by the line of sight and the horizontal plane for an object below the horizontal