face angle

noun

: an angle formed by two edges of a polyhedral angle

Examples of face angle in a Sentence

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It is built to exaggerate the face angle of a putter on the impact, as well as provide alignment practice. Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023 The software provides you with four key elements about your swing form like club face angle, angle of attack, swing tempo, and club path. Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023 The golf center also has an indoor putting green and lessons enhanced by a motion technology that analyzes face angle, loft and path direction of putting strokes. Dallas News, 20 Dec. 2022 Another company, in New York, creates a metal scaffold that is meticulously bent so as to re-create the original face angles, so MD Anderson's surgeons don't have to bend an off-the-shelf part into position during the reconstruction. Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2020 Read on for some of the most popular kits Sephora that customers are snatching up right now to craft expert-level face angles. Tiffany Dodson, SELF, 22 Feb. 2019 The problem centered on a factor called gauge face angle, where the train’s wheels come into contact with the rails. Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of face angle was in 1913

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“Face angle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/face%20angle. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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