Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Aa: Angle of Repose


Defined

The angle of repose is the minimum angle made by the inclined plane with the horizontal surface such that the body lying on the inclined plane is just at the verge of sliding down along the inclined plane. (from Wikipedia Article)





Cocktail Party Banter


He fell forward, like a dead weight, until the coach caught him at the angle of repose.

Literary Context


showed in his Pulitzer Prize-winning novelAngle of Repose (1971).


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