VLVL(5) Vocabulary

[Mary Krimmel]

At 10:47 AM 9/10/03 -0400, you [Toby G Levy] wrote:


>..."dihedral" is defined as "relating to, having or forming a dihedral
>angle." "dihedral angle" is defined as "the angle formed by two
>intersecting planes.  In other words if you looked at the Hotel from
>above it would resemble the letter X. Four thin wings with all "outside"
>rooms.

A dihedral angle is also formed by two half-planes meeting in a line. I see 
the Hotel as resembling a very wide letter V, two thin wings with all 
outside rooms. It would be hard for the four wings of an X to all face the 
Pacific.

Mary Krimmel


>"lanai" is defined as a Hawaiian verandah.
>
>"cantilever" is defined as "a projecting beam or other structure
>supported at only one end."
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