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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr.

δι-

δίσ-

twice + [GREEK] a seat, bottom, base, fr. [GREEK] to sit. Cf.

Having two plane faces;

as, the

dihedral

summit of a crystal

Dihedral angle

the angular space contained between planes which intersect. It is measured by the angle made by any two lines at right angles to the two planes.

Adj.

[Gr., supra; a seat or face.] Having two sides, as a figure.