DIHEDRAL


Meaning of DIHEDRAL in English

/duy hee"dreuhl/ , adj.

1. having or formed by two planes.

2. of or pertaining to a dihedron.

n.

3. dihedron.

4. Aeron. 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.

[ 1790-1800; DI- 1 + -HEDRAL ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .