Dihedral

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Mathematics Formed by or having two plane faces; two-sided.
  • adj. Mathematics Relating to, having, or forming a dihedral angle.
  • n. Mathematics A dihedral angle.
  • n. Mathematics A dihedral group.
  • n. Aeronautics The upward or downward inclination of an aircraft wing from true horizontal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An angle between two plane surfaces
  • n. The upward slope of an aircraft's wing
  • n. The angle between pairs of chemical bonds separated by a third bond
  • adj. Consisting of, relating to or contained between two plane surfaces.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having two plane faces.
  • adj. Of a kite or an aëroplane, having wings that make with one another a dihedral angle, esp. when the angle between the upper sides is less than 180°.
  • adj. Of wing pairs, inclined at an upward angle to each other.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having two sides, as a figure; having two plane faces, as a crystal.
  • n. In geometry, a pair of consecutive faces of an angloid.
  • Word Usage
    "Swedish manufacturer Koenigsegg is also taking door design to a new level with what it calls the dihedral synchro-helix actuation system."
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    anhedral   
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