face angle

noun

: an angle formed by two edges of a polyhedral angle

Examples of face angle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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

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Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

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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 5 Nov. 2024.

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