a place off to the side of an area; 'he tripled to the rightfield corner'; 'the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean' an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; 'a piano was in one corner of the room' the intersection of two streets; 'standing on the corner watching all the girls go by' the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; 'the corners of a cube' recess: a small concavity a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade; 'a corner on the silver market' a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; 'his lying got him into a tight corner' a projecting part where two sides or edges meet; 'he knocked off the corners' gain control over; 'corner the gold market' a remote area; 'in many corners of the world they still practice slavery' force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape turn a corner; 'the car corners' (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
A corner is the place where two lines of different dimensions meet at an angle, and a convex corner of intersecting walls is generally thought to be the least beneficial position to be in a life-or-death situation. ...
The corner is similar to a 'fan' jump seen in show jumping. As the name suggests, the fence makes a 'V' shape, that can have an angle up to 90 degrees . Due to their relative difficulty, the corner is not seen at the lowest levels.
A corner route is a pattern run by a receiver in American Football, where the receiver runs up the field and then turns at approximately a 45 degree angle, heading away from the quarterback towards the sideline. ...
The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal; The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; The projection into space of an angle in a solid object; An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street ...
The beginning or end point of any survey line. The term corner does not imply the property was in any way square.
Short for the "prompt corner"; the place from which the Stage Manager controls the show. From here he has communication links to all parts of the the theatre and gives cues (qv) to all departments. ...
The junction of the ropes where a contestant rests between rounds.
(or square): a bet on four numbers in a square layout (as in 11-12-14-15). The chip is placed at the horizontal and vertical intersection of the ...
One of the two assigned corners of the ring where boxers rest between rounds.
(1) Securing such relative control of a commodity or security that its price can be manipulated; (2) in the extreme situation, obtaining contracts ...
The point at the junction of two line segments in a piecewise linear curve
Washington : The Carnegie Institution of Washington , 1927.
The point of intersection of two boundaries.
A reference to one of the four areas of angulation or corners of a note.
A point on the earth, determined by the surveying process, which defines an angle point in a boundary.
on a board the corner is the place where the face, edge and end meet
Court terminology. An area where the baseline and sideline meet. See "Short Corner".
To control the shares of a company so that they cannot be obtained for delivery except at the terms set by the group which has cornered the market
(n) The nontangential intersection of two or more surfaces of an object. The intersection of two surfaces is usually referred to as an edge. Corners are represented on a drawing by either a single line or multiple co-terminating lines.
A corner in the virte3 experiment. Corners number 11—18.
A point of intersection of real property boundary lines, which may or may not be monumented.
Three surfaces meeting at one point.
CABINET - built-in or independently crafted cabinet designed to fit tightly into the corner of a room, often symmetrically flanking two sides of a room
Where two or more edges meet.
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