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Salient Angle

Definition: Salient Angle

Salient Angle

Noun

1. An angle pointing outward; an interior angle of a polygon that is less than 180 degrees.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Specialty Definition: Salient Angle

Domain	Definition
Military	An angle in an earthwork that protrudes toward the enemy. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Antonym: reentrant angle (n). (additional references)

Synonyms within Context: Salient Angle

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Angularity	Right angle; (perpendicular) a; obliquity; angle of x, miter; acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Salient Angle

English words defined with "salient angle": Arris ♦ Fleche ♦ Ravelin, Redan. (references)

Photo Album: Salient Angle

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The interior of the Redan taken from its left face, looking towards the salient angle, looking south / / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith. ; Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Modern Translation: Salient Angle

Language		Translations for "salient angle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Greek		προεξέχουσα γωνία. (various references)

Hungarian		kiugró szöglet, kiugró sarok, kiugró él, kiszögellés (break, jet, jut, nose, projection, salience, salient, spur, toe). (various references)

Pig Latin		alientsay angleay

Turkish		dış açı (external angle). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Salient Angle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-g-i-l-l-n-n-s-t"
	-2 letters: eglantines, galantines, teaselling.
	-3 letters: alginates, alienages, alienates, allanites, allegiant, anglesite, antigenes, eglantine, entangles, galantine, galenites, gantlines, gelatines, inelegant, legislate, teaseling, tenailles.
	-4 letters: agenesia, agential, alanines, alginate, alienage, alienate, allanite, annalist, antigene, antigens, eanlings, egalites, ensilage, entangle, galenite, galilees, gallants, gallates, galleins, galletas, gantline, gelatine, gelatins, gellants, genitals, gentians, gentiles, gillnets, lanitals, latening, lealties.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-g-i-l-l-n-n-s-t"
	+3 letters: antiallergenics.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Translations: Modern

5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography

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