dihedral

[ dahy-hee-druhl ]

/ daɪˈhi drəl /

adjective

having or formed by two planes.

of or relating to a dihedron.

noun

dihedron.

Aeronautics. the angle at which the right and left wings or the halves of any other horizontal surface of an airplane or the like are inclined upward or downward.

Origin of dihedral

First recorded in 1790–1800; di-¹ + -hedral

Words nearby dihedral

digress, digression, digressive, digs, dig up, dihedral, dihedral angle, dihedral group, dihedron, diheterozygote, dihybrid

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Example sentences from the Web for dihedral

At this point in Book VI it is customary to introduce the dihedral angle.
The Teaching of Geometry|David Eugene Smith
The "upturned tip" dihedral certainly appears to have the advantage.
The Theory and Practice of Model Aeroplaning|V. E. Johnson
The locus of a point equidistant from the faces of a dihedral angle is the plane bisecting the angle.
The Teaching of Geometry|David Eugene Smith
It is a monoplane of the dihedral type, with a main plane on each side of the center.
Flying Machines|W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

In determining the center of gravity, the bird was frozen in the soaring position, its wings making a dihedral angle of 150.
Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II|S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly

British Dictionary definitions for dihedral

dihedral

/ (daɪˈhiːdrəl) /

adjective

having or formed by two intersecting planes; two-sideda dihedral angle

noun

Also called: dihedron, dihedral angle the figure formed by two intersecting planes

the US name for corner (def. 2)

the upward inclination of an aircraft wing in relation to the lateral axisCompare anhedral

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Scientific definitions for dihedral

dihedral

[ dī-hē′drəl ]

Formed by a pair of planes or sections of planes that intersect.

单词	dihedral
释义	dihedral [ dahy-hee-druhl ] / daɪˈhi drəl / adjective having or formed by two planes. of or relating to a dihedron. noun dihedron. Aeronautics. the angle at which the right and left wings or the halves of any other horizontal surface of an airplane or the like are inclined upward or downward. Origin of dihedral First recorded in 1790–1800; di-¹ + -hedral Words nearby dihedral digress, digression, digressive, digs, dig up, dihedral, dihedral angle, dihedral group, dihedron, diheterozygote, dihybrid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dihedral At this point in Book VI it is customary to introduce the dihedral angle. The Teaching of Geometry\|David Eugene Smith The "upturned tip" dihedral certainly appears to have the advantage. The Theory and Practice of Model Aeroplaning\|V. E. Johnson The locus of a point equidistant from the faces of a dihedral angle is the plane bisecting the angle. The Teaching of Geometry\|David Eugene Smith It is a monoplane of the dihedral type, with a main plane on each side of the center. Flying Machines\|W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell In determining the center of gravity, the bird was frozen in the soaring position, its wings making a dihedral angle of 150. Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II\|S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly British Dictionary definitions for dihedral dihedral / (daɪˈhiːdrəl) / adjective having or formed by two intersecting planes; two-sideda dihedral angle noun Also called: dihedron, dihedral angle the figure formed by two intersecting planes the US name for corner (def. 2) the upward inclination of an aircraft wing in relation to the lateral axisCompare anhedral Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for dihedral dihedral [ dī-hē′drəl ] Formed by a pair of planes or sections of planes that intersect. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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