Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
digital wallet
digital watch
digitalis
digitalize (1)
digitalize (2)
digitate
digiterati
digitigrade
digitize
digitizing tablet
digitoxin
digits deleted
digizine
diglossia
diglyme
dignified
dignify
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

dihedral

di·he·dral [ dī hdrəl ] (plural di·he·drals)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. angle made between surfaces: the angle contained between two planes that intersect, measured by the angle made by any two lines at right angles to the two planes

2. angle of an aircraft wing: the angle between an upwardly inclined aircraft wing and a horizontal line

[Late 18th century. <di-1 + Greek hedra "seat, base"]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft