What is the meaning of Dihedral?

  • (a.) Having two plane faces; as, the dihedral summit of a crystal.
  • (a.) Of wing pairs, inclined at an upward angle to each other.
  • (a.) Of a kite or an aeroplane, having wings that make with one another a dihedral angle, especially when the angle between the upper sides is less than 180
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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