Definitions for dihedral

dihedral di·he·dral

Spelling: [dahy-hee-druh l]
IPA: /daɪˈhi drəl/

Dihedral is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 251 anagrams from letters in dihedral (addehilr).

Definitions for dihedral

noun

  1. dihedron.
  2. 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.

adjective

  1. having or formed by two planes.
  2. of or relating to a dihedron.

Origin of dihedral

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

Examples for dihedral

In determining the center of gravity, the bird was frozen in the soaring position, its wings making a dihedral angle of 150.

The crystals of citric acid are oblique prisms with four faces, terminated by dihedral summits, inclined at acute angles.

The word "dihedral" is from the Greek, di- meaning "two," and hedra meaning "seat."

The "upturned tip" dihedral certainly appears to have the advantage.

The reason is that the flexible covering will be bowed back by the wind, forming an approximate "dihedral angle."

At this point in Book VI it is customary to introduce the dihedral angle.

It is a monoplane of the dihedral type, with a main plane on each side of the center.

The locus of a point equidistant from the faces of a dihedral angle is the plane bisecting the angle.

This feature is still to be found in many aeroplanes to-day and has come to be known as the 'dihedral.'

Word Value for dihedral
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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