straight angle
noun
: an angle whose sides lie in opposite directions from the vertex in the same straight line and which equals two right angles
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Von Holst noticed that helmets were designed and tested for impacts at straight angles.
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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, Wired News, 8 June 2025
Craighill has reshaped it with a steep, straight angle more reminiscent of an X-Acto knife.
—New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2024
Hitting an enemy at a perfectly straight angle could send the ball back into your hands, perhaps by throwing it a bit softer.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2023
This dessert, a quenelle of red berry sorbet perched on top of mascarpone tinged green with basil oil, is very factory pomo with its straight angles and neon coloring.
—Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, Wired News, 8 June 2025
Craighill has reshaped it with a steep, straight angle more reminiscent of an X-Acto knife.
—New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2024
Hitting an enemy at a perfectly straight angle could send the ball back into your hands, perhaps by throwing it a bit softer.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2023
This dessert, a quenelle of red berry sorbet perched on top of mascarpone tinged green with basil oil, is very factory pomo with its straight angles and neon coloring.
—Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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“Straight angle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/straight%20angle. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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