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‘An angle can be acute.’

[⟨det angle.n⟩ acute.a]

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In Wikipedia:

There is an acute angle between the scapula and coracoid, as in all flying birds.
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In Wikipedia:

He commands attention without really asking for it (his eyes do a little pleading) whether hes onstage, at lunch, or sitting awkwardly, his gangly body folded to fit the tiny seat with its back so straight the angle might just well be acute, in a stuffy corner of a coffee shop.
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In Simple Wikipedia:

Often detailed observations of barometric pressure are not available at each well through time, so this is often disregarded (contributing to large errors at locations where hydraulic gradients are low or the angle between wells is acute.)
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In Project Gutenberg:

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In Wikipedia:

By now Real were beginning to assume control, with Figo again lofting the ball over from a free – kick, Savio testing Taffarel with a shot from an acute angle on the left, and Geremi heading into the arms of Taffarel from Figo’s corner all in Turkish revival.
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In Wikipedia:

Paioli rear suspension units, with plastic top shrouds, were sited at a more acute angle to lower seat height.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Christina Darragh from an acute angle pointed another to bring the score to to, Glen came back with a point and then for a good ten minutes held us from scoring although we had four wides.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Indeed, Husserl observed that there is an important sense in which when I see the penny presented at an angle – at least if the angle is not too acute – it looks to be round.
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In Wikipedia:

Specifically, “’SSA ’” does not prove congruence when the angle is acute and the opposite side is shorter than the known adjacent side but longer than the sine of the angle times the adjacent side.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

After a bit I went out again and Chris and I were calm… and then we looked at each other and it started all over again hahhaha Something happened and then I was going back up the stairs and I peeked in the room where Will and Eric was and there was Christine sleeping on the couch, right leg bent and up in an acute angle, and her left leg crossed over her right so that her ankle was resting on her knee….
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In Wikipedia:

A reliable characteristic for distinguishing “Haustum haustorium” from its congeners is the angle by which the aperture lip inserts on the shell: In “Haustrum haustorium” the angle is near – perpendicular, whereas in other species the angle is more acute (~45 degrees).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Explain why an angle that is supplementary to an acute angle must be an obtuse angle.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Suddenly Denmark broke away Rommedahl cut in and saw the run of Bendtner who shot but hit the sidenetting from an acute angle Denmark and Bendtner was looking dangerous on the break.
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In Wikipedia:

There is no connector route to I – 5 South, however, because the angle between the two freeways is too acute.
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In Wikipedia:

These apparent distortions are more pronounced away from the center of the image as the angle between a projected ray (from the scene to the eye) becomes more acute relative to the picture plane.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Smashed in fierce 72nd minute drive from acute angle that Enkelman parried for a corner. 6
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Finally, I push in with two fingers, and Brendon grunts as he leans forward even more, shuffling his feet back so he’s bent at a more acute angle.
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In the British National Corpus:

“I knew there would be trouble at that roundabout – the road approaches it at a very acute angle.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Morison had two chances to put Boro back in the game with one shot from an acute angle and he also hit the post.
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Queried on 2013-05-19.