# angle of repose

> (of a granular material) steepest angle of descent or dip relative to the horizontal plane to which a material can be piled without slumping. At this angle, the material on the slope face is on the verge of sliding

**Wikidata**: [Q532078](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q532078)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_of_repose)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/angle-of-repose


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)