"In geometry, an angle connected with an ellipse and defined as ... angle BCL, reckoned from one determinate end, B, of the transverse axis, called the eccentric angle of the point H." -Whitney, 1911

Eccentric Angle

"In geometry, an angle connected with an ellipse and defined as ... angle BCL, reckoned from one determinate…

A man measuring the height of a tree by determining the angle and how far away he is standing.

Measuring Tree Height

A man measuring the height of a tree by determining the angle and how far away he is standing.