recipiangle

[Lat. recipio =to receive, to take, and Eng. angle.] Engin.: An instrument with two legs, attached at one end by a double-headed screw, and a graduated arc, used for measuring and laying off angles of fortifications. The center of the protractor is applied at the reëntering angle of the instrument, and its graduated margin shows the angle of divergence of the legs. re-çip'-I-ençe, *rě-çip-1-en-çỹ, subst . [Latin recipiens , pr. par. of recipio =to receive (q. v.).] A receiving; the act or capacity of receiving; reception.